Clifford E. Young

Clifford Earle Young was a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from April 6, 1941, until his death on August 21, 1958. He was one of the first five men called to this service.

Young was born on December 7, 1883, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. His father, Seymour B. Young was also a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ.

Young served as a missionary in England and Germany and sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Young and his wife, Edith—a daughter of Church president Heber J. Grant—were the parents of four children.