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Lieutenant Plomer John Young, 88th Regiment, Glasgow, February 1844 / Thomas Wingate
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Title:
Lieutenant Plomer John Young, 88th Regiment, Glasgow, February 1844 / Thomas Wingate
Creator:
Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869.
Date:
1844
Format:
1 pencil/crayon drawing on paper: b&w ; 23.2 x 16.4 cm.
Inscription:
Signed and dated in pencil on image lower left: T.W. / Glasgow / Feby 1844. Titled in pencil on page below image: Plomer J. Young Esqr 88th Regt.
Subject:
portraits
army officers
top hats
Young, Plomer John, 1820-1865.
Series:
Wingate album
Description:
This pencil sketch is pasted in on page 23 of a leather-bound folio album containing 62 sketches and watercolours and 33 early photographs, many signed by or attributable to Thomas Wingate (1807-69), former British army officer and second husband of Eleanor Terry nee Rouse (1813-1898).
The subject of the sketch, Plomer John Young, was born in February 1820 at Poonamallee in the Madras Presidency, India, where his father Plomer Young was a captain in the British army's 89th Regiment. He followed his father into the army, joining the 88th Regiment of Foot (the Connaught Rangers) as an ensign from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in May 1838. He was promoted lieutenant by purchase in 1839 and transferred to the 7th Royal Fusiliers in July 1844, a few months after this sketch was taken. Although the 88th regiment was serving at Malta in 1843 and 1844, Young was stationed at the regimental depot in Stirling, Scotland, where he was paymaster. He married in Ireland in August 1844, was promoted to captain in March 1853 and transferred to the 14th Regiment in July 1854. He retired in October 1862 and died at Malta in February 1865.
Wingate's sketch was made while he himself was on detachment from his own regiment (the 2nd or Queen's Royals) and was serving in the British army recruiting service, stationed at Glasgow from April 1843 to November 1844. [MM, June 2017]
Provenance:
The Miriam & Ian Hamilton Collection
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; CSL&RC PIC 2015/3: Wingate album
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
52350