George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (13 October 1851 – 29 April 1929) was a British politician.

Early life

George Younger was born on 13 October 1851. He was educated at

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Career

Younger left college at the age of 17 on his father's death to run the family brewery of George Younger and Son, the business founded by his great-grandfather, George Younger (baptised 17 February 1722), of

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. He became chairman in 1897. Younger was a Deputy Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from November 1901, and Unionist Party

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for Ayr Burghs from 1906 until 1922. He was also Chairman of the Unionist Party Organisation from 1916 to 1923, and Treasurer of the Unionist Party in 1923. He was created a

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on 12 July 1911, and later Viscount Younger of Leckie on 20 February 1923.

Death and legacy

Younger died on 29 April 1929. One of his great-grandsons was the

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politician

George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie 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 Younger ...

(1931–2003), who held ministerial office as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and

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from 1986 to 1989.

Family

His son, Charles, was a first-class cricketer who was killed in the

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References

* ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'' (106th edition, 1999). Editor-in-chief: Charles Mosley; publisher: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. * * *

External links

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