Sir William McEwan Younger, 1st Baronet (6 September 1905 – 15 April 1992) was a Scottish brewer and political activist. His father, William Younger, was a brother of George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger, and of Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh; his great-uncle was

William McEwan William McEwan () (16 July 1827 – 12 May 1913) was a Scottish politician and brewer. He founded the Fountain Brewery in 1856, served as a member of parliament (MP) from 1886 to 1900, and funded the construction of the McEwan Hall at the Univ ...

, a Liberal MP for Edinburgh and the founder of

McEwan's Brewery McEwan's is a brand of beer owned by Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company. It was originally brewed by William McEwan's Fountain Brewery in Edinburgh, Scotland. The McEwan's brand passed to Heineken in 2008 after their purchase of Scottish & New ...

. He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

and at

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, before joining the firm of

, which later became

Scottish Brewers Scottish & Newcastle plc was a brewing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, which expanded from its home base to become an international business with beer volumes growing almost tenfold. The company was listed on the London Stock Ex ...

before merging with the Newcastle Brewery Company in 1961 to become

Scottish & Newcastle Scottish & Newcastle plc was a brewing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, which expanded from its home base to become an international business with beer volumes growing almost tenfold. The company was listed on the London Stock Exc ...

. Younger was the first chairman and managing director of the new company. He stood twice as the Unionist Party candidate for

West Lothian West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...

at the 1950 general election, but it was a

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for Labour and he was not elected. He was honorary secretary of the Scottish Unionist Association from 1955 to 1964, and was later chairman of the

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from 1971 to 1974. He was made a

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in February 1964, of

Fountainbridge Fountainbridge ( gd, Drochaid an Fhuarain) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, a short distance west of the city centre, adjoining Tollcross with East Fountainbridge and West Port to the east, Polwarth to the west and south, Dalry and Haymar ...

, in the County and

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; the title became extinct on his death. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the

in 1984.

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1905 births 1992 deaths Scottish brewers 20th-century Scottish businesspeople Unionist Party (Scotland) politicians Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Deputy Lieutenants of Edinburgh {{Scotland-politician-stub