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Sir Robert Christopher 'Robin' Mackworth-Young (12 February 1920 - December 2000) was a British academic and librarian, who served as Royal Librarian between 1958 and 1985. Mackworth-Young was the son of a civil servant in British India. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Union. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Mackworth-Young joined the Royal Air Force. He saw active service in the Middle East and in the Normandy Campaign, leaving the RAF as a Squadron Leader in 1948. He subsequently joined the Foreign Office. In 1955, Mackworth-Young was appointed to be a librarian in the Royal Household at Windsor Castle. In 1958 he succeeded Sir Owen Morshead as Royal Librarian. In 1961 he was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order, and was promoted to Knight Commander in 1975 and Knight Grand Cross in 1985. He was a member of the Roxburghe Club from 1965. From his retirement in 1985 to his death he was given the honorary title of Emeritus Librarian by Elizabeth II. ==Publications== *''Sandringham'' (1978) *''The History & Treasures Of Windsor Castle'' (1980) *''Windsor Castle'' (1997) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robin Mackworth-Young」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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