Sir Alban Young, 9th Baronet explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Alban Young
Office:Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Term Start:1919
Term End:1925
Predecessor:Charles Louis des Graz
Successor:Howard William Kennard
Office2:Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador
Term Start2:1913
Term End2:1919
Predecessor2:Sir Lionel Carden
Successor2:Hugh Gaisford
Birth Date:18 November 1865
Birth Place:Kensington, London, England
Death Place:Oxford, England
Nationality:British
Occupation:Diplomat

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.[1] He entered Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service,[2] serving in Athens and becoming the British Councillor in Tehran in 1910, serving there until 1913. He was then appointed Minister to Guatemala and other countries in Central America between 1913 and 1919.[3] His final posting was as Minister to Serbia from 1919 to 1925.[4] Young inherited his brother's baronetcy in 1921. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George[5] and as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.[6]

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 and Young was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sir Alban Young, Bt. . 6 . 6 March 1944 .
  2. http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26149/page/1875/data.pdf The London Gazette (3 April 1891)
  3. http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28770/page/7674/data.pdf The London Gazette (4 November 1913)
  4. http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31663/page/14675/data.pdf The London Gazette (28 November 1919)
  5. http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30723/supplement/6530/data.pdf The London Gazette (31 May 1918)
  6. http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27911/page/3163/data.pdf The London Gazette (8 May 1906)