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Surname	Young	Alternative Surname
First Name	William	Initial of Surname	Y
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1731-33
Year of Death
Biographical Details	The Daily Post of 23 April, 1731, refers to him as ‘that ingenious statuary at the Eagle and Rock, near Hyde Park Corner’. In December 1731 Henry Hoare paid him 6 guineas for a ‘plaister figure’ (1) and a second sum of £21 for unspecified work followed in January 1733 in respect of ‘Johs Cox’s bill to Wm Young’. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 452 Archival References: Hoare Partnership Ledger,1725-34, fol 261, 20 Dec 1731; fol 274 25 Jan 1732/3