Lewis Henry Younge (1694-1762)

He was born at Clonmelsh, Co. Carlow, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. From his grandfather, he inherited the Prebendary of Leighlin and a living of 620-acres at Staplestown, Co. Kildare (in the Diocese of Leighlin). He lived predominantly on Abbey Street in Dublin where he kept a school. He is best remembered as the author of "Utopia, or Apollo's Golden Days," published in Dublin in 1747, in which he created the word "Dystopia" and its meaning. He married Ann Burton of County Carlow. His arms and crest, "bear the red roses of the Younges of England; the chevron of Lord Cobham's family; the mullets and motto 'Concordat' of the Cobhams of Kent; and, the trefoils of the Younges of Ireland". He had a son, Hercules Drelincourt, and daughter.

Lewis Younge's grand-daughter, Mrs Maria (Campbell) Burton, was the grandmother of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton. A legend persisted in their family for much of the 19th century that Lewis Henry Younge was in fact "Louis Henri LeJeune," an illegitimate son of Louis XIV around which an elaborate story was concocted... all pure fiction. Lewis' signet ring and a copy of his grand coat-of-arms both featured fleurs-de-lys which only served to further fuel their beliefs, but the Younges were just the Younges: Lewis' grandfather, Hugh, settled in County Carlow in the late 17th Century, probably from Kent.