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=== Early life and family ===
Young was born on 20 January 1979 in [[Wokingham]], [[Berkshire]], and is the second-oldest child of Robin Young, a [[company director]] of an engineering firm, and Annabel Young (née Griffith), a [[plant nursery]] gardener. Born six weeks prematurely, he was ten minutes older than his twin brother, Rupert who died in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/03/will-young-twin-brother-dies-13079157/|title=Will Young heartbroken as his twin brother Rupert dies aged 41|first=Alicia|last=Adejobi|date=August 3, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=4 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004094009/https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/03/will-young-twin-brother-dies-13079157/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also has an older sister Emma.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McPhee |first1=Erica |title=Will Young: The Biography |year=2005 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books |location=London, UK |isbn=1-84317-175-9 |page=14}}</ref><ref>Young; Giddings (2002) p. 13.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2462360/Rupert-Young-struggled-in-the-shadow-of-brother-Will-Youngs-success.html |title=Rupert Young struggled in the shadow of brother Will Young's success |first=Roya |last=Nikkhah |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 July 2008 |access-date=11 October 2016 |archive-date=8 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908221233/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2462360/Rupert-Young-struggled-in-the-shadow-of-brother-Will-Youngs-success.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Young was born into an affluent, middle-class family, whose paternal ancestry has strong ties to the British government and military services.<ref name="McP 63">McPhee (2005) p. 63.</ref> His grandfather, Digby Aretas Young (d. 1966) served in the Royal Air Force,<ref name="McP 63"/> and his great-great-great-great-grandfather was Colonel Sir [[Aretas William Young]],<ref name="McP 63" /> who, in 1795 at seventeen years old, joined the [[British Army]] and served in Ireland and [[Egypt]] before fighting in the [[Peninsular War]]. Aretas was later stationed in [[Trinidad]] and eventually took charge of the Trinidadian government, before moving to [[Demerara]] where he was appointed Protector of Slaves. Aretas became the sixth [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island|Governor]] of [[Prince Edward Island]] in 1831, and three years later was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[King William IV]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Prince Edward Island Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators 1769 to May 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=Elections P.E.I. |location=Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |page=9 |chapter=Hon. Sir Colonel Aretas William Young |chapter-url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/ele_governors.pdf |access-date=28 March 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014193855/http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/ele_governors.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=St. James's Palace, July 9, 1834 |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/19172/pages/1307 |work=The London Gazette |issue=19172 |page=1307 |date=11 July 1834 |access-date=14 February 2010 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011184233/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/19172/pages/1307 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Francess G. |editor1-last=Halpenny |editor1-link=Francess G. Halpenny |title=[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] |access-date=14 February 2010 |volume=VI |year=1979 |orig-year=1966 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto, Ontario |chapter=Young, Sir Aretas William |chapter-url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=3204 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114211039/http://biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=3204 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of Aretas's sons was Sir [[Henry Young]], fifth [[Governor of South Australia]], later first [[Governor of Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gibbney |first1=H.G. |title=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |access-date=14 February 2010 |volume=6 |year=1976 |orig-year=1966 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Publishing]] |location=Melbourne, Australia |pages=452–453 |chapter=Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803–1870) |chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060485b.htm |archive-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213042054/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060485b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Serle |first1=Percival |author-link1=Percival Serle |title=[[Dictionary of Australian Biography]] |access-date=14 February 2010 |year=1949 |publisher=Angus and Robertson |location=Sydney, Australia |chapter=Young, Henry Edward Fox |chapter-url=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogX-Z.html |archive-date=17 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117224022/http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogX-Z.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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