The Very Reverend John Kenneth Young (5 January 1914 – 15 June 1991) was the
Dean of
St George's Cathedral,
Georgetown, Guyana
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from 1948 until 1957. Born in 1914, he was educated at
Clare College, Cambridge
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,
ordained
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in 1939 after a period of study at
Ripon College Cuddesdon and began his career with
curacies
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at ''St James,
West Hartlepool
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The former town was originally formed in ...
'' and ''St Mary Magdalen,
Medomsley
Medomsley is a village in County Durham, England, about northeast of the centre of Consett, south of Hamsterley and southeast of Ebchester.
Medomsley is about above sea level, atop a hill overlooking the Derwent Valley. The village has ...
''. From 1943 to 1948 he was
vicar
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of
Demerara River, Guyana and then
Dean of the
Diocese's Cathedral
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. Returning to England he held
incumbencies at
Harton, North Yorkshire
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,
Eastgate, County Durham
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Eastgate originally marked the eastern border of the private hunting park of the P ...
and (his final post before retirement)
Forcett, Richmondshire. Young died in
Darlington
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In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
,
County Durham
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in June 1991 at the age of 77.
Reverend John Kenneth Young probate
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Notes
1914 births
1991 deaths
20th-century Guyanese Anglican priests
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
Deans of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
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