George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie

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

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 17 February 1722), of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. He was Unionist MP for Ayr Burghs from 1906 until 1922, and was Chairman of the Unionist Party Organisation from 1916 to 1923, and Treasurer of the Unionist Party in 1923. He was created a baronet on 12 July 1911, and a viscount — as the 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie — on 20 February 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.

References

• Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (106th edition, 1999). Editor-in-chief: Charles Mosley; publisher: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Younger

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Dobbie	Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1906–1922	Succeeded by Sir John Lawrence Baird
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Montrose	Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire 1925–1929	Succeeded by William Laurence Pullar
Party political offices
Preceded by Arthur Steel-Maitland	Chairman of the Conservative Party 1916–1923	Succeeded by Stanley Jackson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Younger of Leckie 1923–1929	Succeeded by James Younger
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Leckie) 1911–1929	Succeeded by James Younger