Robert Young (priest)

Robert Young M.A. (d. 9 August 1716) was a Canon of Windsor from 1673 to 1716.[1]

Career

He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.[2]

He was appointed:

  • Chaplain to Prince Rupert
  • Lower Master of Eton College to 1672
  • Rector of Eversden, Northamptonshire 1683
  • Fellow of Eton College 1693

He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1673, and held the stall until 1716.

Notes

  1. ↑ Sidney Leslie Ollard; Maurice Bond (1950). Fasti Wyndesorienses: the deans and canons of Windsor. Pub. for the deans and canons of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle by Oxley.
  2. ↑ "Robert Young (YN661R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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