Basic Biographical Details Name: | Kenneth Mathison Young | Designation: | | Born: | 23 November 1910 | Died: | 8 September 1993 | Bio Notes: | Kenneth Mathison Young was born on 23 November 1910, the son of Cedric John Mathison and his wife Catherine Peel, who remarried after her husband's death, and grandson of George Penrose Kennedy Young of Perth. He studied full-time at Edinburgh School of Architecture from 1928 until 1931 when he joined the family firm as an assistant, continuing to attend classes part-time for a further year in Dundee. In 1934 he moved to Edinburgh where he spent a year with James Robertson before moving again to Thurso to work as assistant to Sinclair Macdonald & Son for a year. He returned to the family firm in 1936 and remained there thereafter.
In 1938 he designed his own house, Hattonbrae, in Kinnoull, Perth. He joined the armed forces at the beginning of the Second World War and served in the Middle East, South East Asia and Europe. He returned to practice at the end of the war and was taken into partnership in the firm of G P K Young & Son in April 1946. His later work was principally concerned with hospital buildings in Perthshire and housing for Perth County Council. He was admitted ARIBA in 1948, FRIAS in 1953 and FRIBA in 1955, proposed by Donald Ross, Graham Connacher Young and Thomas Hill Thoms.
Young died on 8 September 1993 from myocardial infarction. He was married twice: first to Audrey Henderson and second to Helen Wilson Darling or Marsh. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 17, West Forth Street, Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland | Private(?) | | 1993 | | | Hattonbrae, Kinnoull, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | 1938(?) | After 1955 | | | 42, Tay Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1948 | After 1960 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1948 | The RIBA Kalendar 1948-1949 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F no5104 (combined box 56) |
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