Robert Young (priest)

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

## Career

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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[3]

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

## Notes

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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.
3. ^ 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.