Young England

Young England, the name applied, during the Corn-law struggle (1842-45), to a little band of young Tory politicians who wished to revive the old kindly relations between rich and poor, master and man. Among its members were Lord John Manners (7th Duke of Rutland from 1888; born 1818), Mr Cocrane Baillie (Lord Lamington, 1816-90), the Hon. G. Smythe (Viscount Strangford, 1814-57), and Mr Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-81), whose novels Coningsby and Sybil (1844-45) are an exposition of their principles.—‘YOUNG IRELAND’ was the name given to the Revolutionary party in Ireland in 1848, comprising W. Smith O’Brien (q.v.) and Gavan Duffy (q.v.; and see also O’CONNELL). The ‘forward’ though not necessarily revolutionary spirits in various countries are known in the same way as ‘Young Italy,’ ‘Young Japan,’ &c.