Lavinia Young was matron of Westminster Hospital from 1951 until her retirement in 1966.
Lavinia Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Lavinia Bessie Young 1911 |
| Died | June 1986 |
| Nationality | British |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Matron |
| Institutions | Westminster hospital |
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
edit- Young, Lavinia (14 January 1966). "Teaching the arts and the skills of nursing". The Times. (subscription required)
References
edit- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lavinia Young". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "SHADOW OVER MATRON'S FAREWELL". Westminster and Pimlico News. 11 November 1966. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "OBE" (PDF). SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE. 1 January 1967. p. 15.
- ^ a b "Many mourn former mayor". North Dorset Western Gazette. 27 June 1986. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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