Sir Stephen Young, 3rd Baronet

{{Short description|Scottish baronet and sheriff}}

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Sir Stephen Stewart Templeton Young, 3rd Baronet, QC, is a Scottish baronet and held the post of Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands from 2001 until 2012. He is the third Baronet of Partick.[https://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC&dq=Sir+Stephen+Young%2C+3rd+Baronet&pg=PA1387 "Young of Partick Bt."], Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain, Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Peerage, 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-9711966-0-5}}

He gained an MA degree from Oxford University and an LLB degree from the University of Edinburgh.

He was appointed Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highlands and Islands in 2001, a position he held until 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.scot/|title=Judiciary of Scotland|website=scts_judiciary}}

He became a QC in 2002 and in 2005 was appointed Chairman of the Sheriff Court Rules Council.

He is also ex officio a Commissioner of the Northern Lighthouse Board, and a Governor of The Robert Gordon University.

Arms

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|image = Arms of Young baronets of Partick.svg

|escutcheon = Argent on three piles issuant from a chief Sable charged with three lymphads Or under full sail Argent flagged Gules as many annulets of the third.

|crest = A lymphad Or under full sail its sail charged of the arms having a pennon Gules with the badge of Scotland in the hoist.

|motto = Serve Wisely With Faith {{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1959}}}}

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