Edward George Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (21 November 1906 – 25 June 1997) was a Scottish nobleman.Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition (2003), volume 2, page 1554.

Family background

Lord Younger of Leckie came from a Scottish family which had been making money from

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since the 18th century, and which entered the

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in the early years of the 20th century. His great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Younger (baptised 1722), was the founder of the family's brewing business, George Younger and Son. This George Younger's great-great-grandson, also named

George Younger George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick, (22 September 1931 – 26 January 2003), was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. Early life and career Younger's forebear, George Younge ...

(1851-1929), entered politics, and was created Viscount Younger of Leckie in 1923. This peerage has passed in an unbroken line from father to son ever since.

Birth and early life

Younger was the elder son of

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(1880–1946) by his wife Maud Gilmour (daughter of

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). He was educated at

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and

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. His brother Sir Kenneth Younger was the Labour Member of Parliament for Grimsby

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