John Drummond Young
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John Drummond Young (1850-1915)
1915 Obituary [1]
JOHN DRUMMOND YOUNG was born in Glasgow on 27th April 1850.
He was educated at the Glasgow High School, and served his apprenticeship with the Port Dundas Pottery Co. from 1866 to 1873, when he became a partner of the firm.
In 1881, on the formation of the Scottish Boiler Insurance and Engine Inspection Co., he was appointed managing director, and was holding this post at the time of his death, which took place in Glasgow on 12th August 1915, in his sixty-sixth year.
For almost forty years he served as an officer in the Volunteer Force, retiring in 1905 with the rank of Colonel.
He was elected an Associate of this Institution in 1899.
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