Elizabeth Young, Lady Kennet
Elizabeth Young, (née Adams), Lady Kennet (born April 14, 1923) is a British writer, poet, artist and commentator.
Life
Elizabeth Ann Young, Lady Kennet, was born in London on 14 April 1923, the only daughter of Captain Bryan Fullerton Adams DSO (22 July 1887 – 22 September 1971),[1] and his first wife Audrey Marshall (12 June 1898 - 11 July 1929). She went to school in Switzerland, then to Downe House where she won an Exhibition to Somerville College, Oxford to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, awarded a two-year War Degree. After three years in the Women's Royal Naval Service, Young worked with Peter Scott in the earliest days of the Severn Wildlife Trust, at Slimbridge.
In 1948, she married Peter Scott's half brother, the Hon Wayland Hilton Young (d. 2009), who inherited the title of Baron Kennet in 1960 on the death of his father, the politician Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet.[1] His mother was the sculptor Kathleen Scott widow of Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the Antarctic.[1] Wayland and Elizabeth had one son, William Aldus (Thoby) Young, and five daughters;[2] Easter Russell; the sculptor Emily Young who was also the muse for Pink Floyd's See Emily Play; Mopsa English; and the writers Louisa Young, aka children's author Zizou Corder and Zoe Young [1].
Lady Kennet has eleven grandchildren, and one great grandchild, and lives in London. She is currently writing a new book entitled Preemptive Mourning, and blogs at Mrs Elizabeth Young.
Works
On marrying, Young began writing, her first outing being an article for Vogue on the Island of Giglio in 1950. She continued to write on a wide range of mostly political issues, especially on disarmament, arms control and maritime affairs, but also on other subjects such as churches in Old London Churches, and Italy in Northern Lazio both written along with her husband.[3] Her book of poems Time is as Time Does was published in 1958.
Following the publication of Old London Churches, a threat to Christ Church Spitalfields led her to set up and run the Hawksmoor Committee, chaired by John Betjeman. At roughly the same time, she was asked by Arthur Koestler and Paul Ignotus to set up the Tibor DeryCommittee, to promote the release of imprisoned Hungarian writers. Both committees were successful in their aims.
Young has also been an active member of many boards and organisations including; the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches; the Advisory Committee for the Protection of the Sea; the Royal United Services Institution' the Royal Institute for International Affairs, Chatham House; the International Institute for Strategic Studies; as well as contributing to various ad hoc political and conservationist groups - most recently the Stonehenge Alliance.
Bibliography
Books
- Old London Churches, (with Wayland Young), Faber and Faber, 1956
- Time is as Time Does, Putnam, 1958
- Nations and Nuclear Weapons, 1963
- Farewell to Arms Control?, Pelican, 1972
- London's Churches - A Visitor's Companion, (with Wayland Young), Grafton Books, 1986
- Northern Lazio - An Unknown Italy, (with Wayland Young), John Murray, 1990
Articles/Contributions
- Vogue - May: Island of Giglio (Article), 1950
- Botteghe Oscure - Poems: 'At the Back Door' , 1958
- BBC Television: Seven Deadly Sins - No.1 Anger, No.3 Lust, 1960
- The Socialist Imagination (with Wayland Young), Fabian Society, 1960 (pamphlet)
- Disarmament: Finnegan's Choice (with Wayland Young), Fabian Society, 1961 (pamphlet)
- Nations and Nuclear Weapons(with Wayland Young), Fabian Society, 1963 (pamphlet)
- Japan Association of Current English - (Article), 1967
- The Control of Proliferation: the 1968 Treaty in Hindsight and Forecast (Adelhi Paper, no.56, 155), 1969
- Foreign Affairs - October. To Guard the Sea, 1971
- Pacem in Maribus: Arms Control and Disarmament for the Oceans, 1972
- Settanta 22: La Difesa Delle Acque, 1972
- Still No Disarmament, Fabian Tract 423, 1973
- Ministry of Defence - Memorandum: Offshore Tapestry Colloquium, 1974
- Journal of International Studies (LSE) - Millenium: Article, 1976
- ACOPS Memorandum: Report from Expenditure Committee of House of Commons - Measures to Prevent Collisions in Waters Around UK, 1978
- Greenwich Forum Conference: 200 Mile Exclusive Fisheries Limit, 1976
- RUSI Journal - Policing Offshore, 1977
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - (Book Reviews), 1978
- Survival, 1978
- The World Today: Jurisdiction at Sea, 1978
- Britisk Synspunkt: The Stavanger Aftenblad, 1978
- Socialist Commentary: Disarmament - New Hope, 1978
- Revue de Defense Nationale - Avril: Les Sovietiques et L'Ocean Arctique, 1982
- Ulisse: Lazio Segreto, 1983
- Marine Policy - Review of North Sea Management, 1985
- Architectural Design - July. (Article), 1986
- Commonwealth Journal - (Review), 1987
- Vitterbo - Prince of Wales Summer School (Historical Background)
- Journal of Architectural Conservation Christ Church Spitalfields and Nicholas Hawksmoor (Articles), 1995
- Defence Review - Whose NATO Is It Anyway? (Article - with Wayland Young), 1997
- Journal of Architectural Conservation - November. Stonehenge: The Saga Continues (Article - with Wayland Young), 2000
- Memorandum on Missile Defence to Foreign Affairs Committee on Global Security: Non-Proliferation, 2008
References
- ^ a b c Tam Dalyell (12 May 2009). "Lord Kennet: Writer and Labour politician who defected to help form the SDP then later returned". The Independent. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Lord Kennet". The Telegraph. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Lord Kennet: writer and politician". The Times. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
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