John Matthew Wilson Young (17 December 1822 in Durham – 4 March 1897 in Lincoln) was an English organist. He was elder brother to William James Young (1835 in Durham – 1913 in Lancashire), also a well-known English organist. John M.W. Young was buried in the cemetery at East Gate in Lincoln. He married Augusta Frushard (1820 in Lambeth – 1902 in Lincoln), youngest daughter of Philip Frushard (13 October 1783 in India – 5 July 1837 in Durham), the Governor of Durham Gaol, and Anna Maria Pewsey his wife, on 8 July 1851 at St. Paul's Church, Deptford, Kent.
Career He was successively:West, John E. (1899) Cathedral Organists. London: Novello and Company A chorister at Durham Cathedral Assistant Organist of Durham Cathedral, 1843 to 1850 Organist of Lincoln Cathedral, 1850 to 1895
Publications The psalter, as used in Lincoln Cathedral, John Matthew Wilson Young, Henry Wollaston Hutton, George John Bennett, W.K. Morton & Sons, 1912
Children Augusta Anna Maria Young (1852–1921) John Frederick Sebastion Young (1853–1873) Philip Frushard Young (1855–?) Edward Muir Young (ca. 1857–1915) Alfred Hamilton Frushard Young (1858–1936) Walter Frushard Young (ca. 1859–1875) Rosetta Catherine Young (1860–ca. 1914) Ada Frushard Young (1862–1943) Richard Samuel Frushard Young (1868–1894)
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