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Young was the third son of colonial administrator [[William Mackworth Young]] and his second wife, Frances Mary, daughter of Sir [[Robert Eyles Egerton]], KCSI, JP, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab from 1877 to 1882,<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37077|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/37077|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year = | Young was the third son of colonial administrator [[William Mackworth Young]] and his second wife, Frances Mary, daughter of Sir [[Robert Eyles Egerton]], KCSI, JP, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab from 1877 to 1882,<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37077|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/37077|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year = 2004}}</ref><ref name=peerage2003>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1164</ref> Sir Robert Egerton was nephew of the 8th and 9th [[Grey Egerton baronets]].<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1674</ref> Mark Young's paternal grandfather was [[Young baronets#Young baronets, of Formosa Place (1813)|Sir George Young, 2nd Baronet]].<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 4274</ref> | ||
Young was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He entered the [[Ceylon Civil Service]] in 1909 and served in the [[British Army]] with the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)]] during [[World War I]] from 1915. | Young was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He entered the [[Ceylon Civil Service]] in 1909 and served in the [[British Army]] with the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)]] during [[World War I]] from 1915. | ||