Robert Young M.A. (d. 9 August 1716) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1673 to 1716.

Career

He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

. He was appointed: *Chaplain to Prince Rupert *Lower Master of

to 1672 *Rector of Eversden, Northamptonshire 1683 *Fellow of

1693 He was appointed to the first stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1673, and held the stall until 1716.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Robert 1716 deaths Canons of Windsor Fellows of Eton College People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Year of birth missing