Young, Sir Roger William, son of Charles Bowden Young, Vice-Principal St Stephen’s Coll. Delhi, India, and Ruth Wilson CBE, d. of William Brown Wilson of Broughty Ferry, Angus; b. 15 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1941; left July 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut. ); Ch. Ch. Oxf., elected 1942, matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; res. tutor St Catharine’s Sch. Foundn. 1949-51; asst. master, Manchester GS 1951-8; Lambeth Palace, STh 1957; Principal, George Watson’s Coll., Edinburgh 1958-85; FRS (Edin. ) 1965; Edinburgh Festival Council 1970-6; Pres. Headmasters’ Assn. of Scotland 1972-4; chmn. Headmasters’ Conference 1976; Hamilton Coll. NY, USA, Hon. LHD 1979; Governor BBC and Nat. Governor for Scotland 1979-84; knighted 1983; a Governor of the Sch. 1986-97; author of Lines of Thought 1958, Everybody’s Business 1968, Everybody’s World 1972; m. 2 Dec. 1950 Caroline Mary, sister of Charles Henry Christie (qv); d. 15 Feb. 2017.