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Robert Young M.A. (d. 9 August 1716) was a Canon of Windsor from 1673 to 1716.
Career
He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.
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
- 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.
- "Robert Young (YN661R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- Registrum Regale: A List of the Provosts of Eton. The Provost's of King's College, Cambridge. The Fellows of Eton. Alumni Etonenses; in annual succession from Eton to King's College: from the foundation of Eton College 1441 to 1847: with illustrative and biographical notices. Eton, UK: Edward Pote Williams. 1847. p. 16. Retrieved 2 December 2021.