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Wife: Eleanor Slingsby Also known as: Len Winthrop Young 1
Born: 8 Jul 1895 in Yorkshire 2 (see note 1) Occupation: Climber 1 Died: 1994 in Norfolk 3 (see note 2) Father: Mother: Media link: http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1995_files/AJ%201995%20325-345%20In%20Memoriam.pdf Media desc: Obituary
Husband: Geoffrey Winthrop Young Married: 1918 in London 2 (see note 3)
Born: 25 Oct 1876 in London 4 Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 5 (see note 4) Occupation: University Reader In Education 4 Occupation: Climber 6 Resided: 1939 in Surrey 4 Resided: ABT 1942 at St Rhadegund's, 5 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 7 Died: 1958 in London 2 (see note 5) Father: Mother: Media link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Winthrop_Young Media desc: Wikipedia
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) FreeBMD website. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) 1939 Register. (5) Alumni Cantabrigienses. (6) Wikipedia. (7) Rus in Urbe.
Event Notes Note (1) Sep 1895 Skipton 9a 48 Note (2) Feb 1994 North Walsham born 8 Jul 1895 Note (3) Jun 1918 St George Hanover Square 1a 939 Note (4) Name: Geoffrey Winthrop Young College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1895 BORN: 25 Oct 1876 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 29, 1895. [2nd] s. of Sir George (1855), 3rd Bart., of 16, Hyde Park Place, London (and Alice Eacy Young). B. Oct. 25, 1876, in London. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898; Chancellor's medal (English Verse) 1898 and 1899; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1902. At Jena University and Geneva University. Assistant Master at Eton, 1900-5. H.M. Inspector of Schools, 1905-13. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Commander, Friends' Ambulance Unit, France and Belgium, 1914-15; Italy, 1915-19; wounded; mentioned in despatches; Legion of Honour; Order of Leopold; Order of the Crown of Italy). Consultant for Europe to Rockefeller Foundation, 1925-35. Reader in Comparative Education at London University, 1932-41. Clark Lecturer at Trinity, Cambridge, 1940. Married, Apr. 25, 1918, Eleanor, dau. of W. Cecil Slingsby, of Heversham and had issue. Author of Poems; From the Trenches; Mountain Craft; On High Hills. Brother of Edward H. (1897). (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Who's Who.) Note (5) Sep 1958 Kensington 5c 848 age 81 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index