Lavinia Young

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Lavinia Young
Born
Mary Lavinia Bessie Young

1911
DiedJune 1986
NationalityBritish
Medical career
ProfessionMatron
InstitutionsWestminster hospital

Lavinia Young (1911-1986) was matron of Westminster Hospital from 1951 until her retirement in 1966.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 December 1964. [1]

Young worked as a nurse for 37 years, 21 of those spent at Westminster, retiring in November 1966. [2] She received an OBE for her work in 1967. [3]

She served for six years on Shaftesbury Borough Council and, in 1970, she was elected Mayor of Shaftesbury. [4]

Young died in 1986. [4]

Writing

References

  1. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lavinia Young". BBC Online . BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. "SHADOW OVER MATRON'S FAREWELL". Westminster and Pimlico News. 11 November 1966. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. "OBE" (PDF). SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE. 1 January 1967. p. 15.
  4. 1 2 "Many mourn former mayor". North Dorset Western Gazette. 27 June 1986. Retrieved 16 August 2022.