Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, 1st Baronet (10 October 1889 – 14 August 1950) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. Educated at

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and abroad, he served during the

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in the

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, reaching the rank of

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. He sat as the member of parliament (MP) for

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from 1935 to 1950, and then sat for

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until his death. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1937 and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1939. In 1941, he was appointed Scottish Unionist Whip. He was a

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from 1942 to 1944, and Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household from 1944 to 1945. He was created a

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on 7 September 1945.

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* 1889 births 1950 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 Partick UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 British Army personnel of World War I People educated at Fettes College Cameronians officers {{Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub