Robin Mackworth-Young#Family
{{Short description|British academic and librarian}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Sir Robin Mackworth-Young
| birth_date = 12 February 1920
| death_date = 5 December 2000
| education = Eton College
| alma_mater = King's College, Cambridge
| spouse = Rosemarie née Aue (m. 1953)
| children = 1 son (Charles, b. 1954)
}}
Sir Robert Christopher 'Robin' Mackworth-Young {{post-nominals|GCVO}} (12 February 1920 – 5 December 2000),{{Cite web|title=Mackworth-Young, Sir Robert Christopher (Robin), (12 Feb. 1920–5 Dec. 2000), Librarian Emeritus to HM the Queen|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-180186|access-date=2021-06-12|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u180186|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}} was a British academic and librarian, who served as Royal Librarian from 1958 until 1985.
Early life and education
The son of Gerard Mackworth Young, a civil servant in British India, and Natalie née Hely-Hutchinson, he was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Union.{{cite news |date=11 December 2000 |title=Sir Robin Mackworth-Young |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1377800/Sir-Robin-Mackworth-Young.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=14 March 2015 }}
Second World War
Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Mackworth-Young was commissioned into the Royal Air Force,{{London Gazette |issue=34838 |date=26 April 1940 |page=2478 }} seeing active service in the Middle East and the Normandy Campaign. Promoted Squadron Leader, in 1948 he left the RAF to join the Foreign Office.
Royal Librarian
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In 1955, Mackworth-Young was appointed as librarian to the Royal Household at Windsor Castle.{{Cite news|date=12 December 2000|title=Sir Robin Mackworth-Young|work=The Times}} In 1958 he succeeded Sir Owen Morshead as Royal Librarian. In 1961 he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order,{{London Gazette |issue=42370 |date=10 June 1961 |page=4147 |supp=y}} being promoted Knight Commander in 1975 and Knight Grand Cross in 1985. Elected FSA and Hon FLA, he was a member of the Roxburghe Club from 1965.{{cite news |date=11 December 2000 |title=Sir Robin Mackworth-Young |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1377800/Sir-Robin-Mackworth-Young.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=14 March 2015 }} Upon his retirement in 1985 Sir Robin was given ad vitam the honorary title of Emeritus Librarian by Elizabeth II.
=Publications=
- Sandringham (1978)
- The History & Treasures Of Windsor Castle (1980)
- Windsor Castle (1997)
Family
He married in 1953, Rosemarie, daughter of Major Werner Carl Rudolph Aue {{post-nominals|OBE}} (1891–1977),[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39555/supplement/3028/data.pdf www.thegazette.co.uk] of Menton, France, leaving an only child:
- Professor Charles Gerard Mackworth-Young {{post-nominals|CVO|FRCP}} (born 1954), Prime Warden Goldsmith (2023/24), married 1981 Lady Iona Lindsay, younger daughter of Robert, 29th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres {{post-nominals|KT|GCVO}}, having one son and two daughters.[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]
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