Sir Charles Alban Young, 9th Baronet (18 November 1865 – 2 March 1944) was a British diplomat.

Biography

Young was the son of Sir Charles Lawrence Young, 7th Baronet, and Mary Florence Toulmin. He entered

Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dealing with Foreign policy, foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas, as opposed to the Civil Servi ...

, serving in Athens and becoming the British Councillor in Tehran in 1910, serving there until 1913. He was then appointed Minister to

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and other countries in

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between 1913 and 1919. His final posting was as Minister to

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

from 1919 to 1925. Young inherited his brother's baronetcy in 1921. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the

Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

and as a Member of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

.''The London Gazette'' (8 May 1906)
/ref> He married Clara Elliot, daughter of Sir Francis Elliot, on 18 July 1908. His only son, William, was killed in Libya during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and Young was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson.

References

;Additional source
Young, Sir (Charles) Alban
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, April 2014

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Alban 1865 births 1944 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Royal Victorian Order Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Serbia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Guatemala Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain