Sir William Alexander George Young, , was a British colonial administrator who acted in an interim capacity as Governor of Jamaica in 1874 and British Guiana twice between 1877 and 1882, and later served as Governor of Gold Coast from 1884 to his death in 1885. His father may have been an RN paymaster as well: a paymaster of that name was on board HMS Gorgon when she ran aground on the River Plate in May 1844 and was refloated in November that year.
- Occupation
- colonial administrator
- Position held
- Governor of Jamaica, Governor of the Gold Coast
- Born
- 1827
- Died
- 1885
