Emily Young FRBS (born 1951) is a British sculptor. She is considered one of the foremost sculptors working in Britain today and has been called "Britains greatest living stone sculptor". Sept 2013 She was born in London into a family of artists, writers and politicians. Her grandmother, Kathleen Scott, was a colleague of Auguste Rodin, and widow of the polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who subsequently married Emily's paternal grandfather, the politician and writer Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet. Her father, Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, was also a politician, conservationist and writer. Her uncle was the famous ornithologist, conservationist and painter, founder of the WWF Sir Peter Scott. Her mother is the writer and commentator Elizabeth Young.