Please answer the following question: Facts: - battles: french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars peninsular war - allegiance: united kingdom united kingdom - death date: 1 december 1835 - awards: knight bachelor - birth date: c. 1778 - serviceyears: 1795 to 1835 - name: sir aretas william young - branch: united kingdom british army - laterwork: lieutenant governor of prince edward island - death place: charlottetown , prince edward island - rank: colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aretas william young .
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colonel sir aretas william young was a british army officer and colonial administrator of the early nineteenth century .after extensive military service in the peninsular war and elsewhere , young held a range of colonial government roles in the west indies and prince edward island , of which he was lieutenant governor .young was knighted in 1834 for his colonial service , and eventually died in office at charlottetown and was replaced by general john harvey .