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George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger Of Leckie




He was educated at Edinburgh Academy . In 1897 , he became chairman of George Younger And Son , the family Brewing business founded by his great-grandfather, George Younger (baptised February 17, 1722), of Alloa , Clackmannanshire . He became a Unionist MP in 1906 , being Chairman of the Unionist Party Organisation from 1916 to 1923 , and Treasurer of the Unionist Party in 1923 . He was created a Baronet on July 12 , 1911 , and a Viscount - as the 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie - on February 20 , 1923 .

One of his great-grandsons was the politician George Younger ( 1931 - 2003 ), 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Secretary Of State For Scotland from 1979 to 1986 , and Secretary Of State For Defence from 1986 to 1989 .


REFERENCE

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