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  George Younger
Lord Younger came from a Scottish family which had been making money from brewing since the 18th century, and which entered the aristocracy in the early years of the 20th century.
Younger was the eldest of three sons of Edward George Younger[?] (1906 - 1997), 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie, by his wife Evelyn Margaret, née McClure.
Lord Younger quit the cabinet in 1989, and joined the Royal Bank of Scotland[?], being made a director in that year, and in 1992, he left life as an MP behind altogether, and became the Bank's chairman.
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 Politics | Lord Younger
Younger's department was also accused of having connived at the illegal diversion of shells nominally headed for Saudi Arabia to forbidden Iran.
George was born in Stirling, the eldest son of the third Viscount Younger of Leckie, where the family's estate is located.
Younger was made a Royal Bank of Scotland director in 1989; the next year he was made deputy chairman and then chairman.
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 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Lord Younger of Leckie came from a Scottish family which had been making money from brewing since the 18th century, and which entered the aristocracy in the early years of the 20th century.
Younger was the eldest of three sons of Edward Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1906–1997) by his wife Evelyn Margaret, née McClure.
Younger quit the cabinet in 1989, and joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, being made a director in that year, and in 1992, he left life as an MP behind altogether, and became the Bank's chairman.
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 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie at AllExperts
Lord Younger of Leckie came from a Scottish family which had been making money from brewing since the 18th century, and which entered the aristocracy in the early years of the 20th century.
Younger was the eldest of three sons of Edward Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1906–1997) by his wife Evelyn Margaret, née McClure.
Younger quit the cabinet in 1989, and joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, being made a director in that year, and in 1992, he left life as an MP behind altogether, and became the Bank's chairman.
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 Viscount Younger of Leckie | Obituaries | News | Telegraph
Younger was a likeable, thoroughly decent man, popular on all sides of his party; but his political legacy to the Conservative Party in Scotland and more widely was a controversial one.
Younger simply avoided the issue until it was forced on him following the revaluation of domestic rates in 1985, which led to many ratepayers facing huge increases in their bills.
George Kenneth Hotson Younger was born on September 22 1931, son and heir of the 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie.
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 George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (October 13, 1851 - April 29, 1929), born as George Younger, was a British politician.
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.
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 George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie
The 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (October 13, 1851 - April 29, 1929), born as George Younger, was a British politician.
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.
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 Scotsman.com News - Sir George Younger - Viscount Younger
George Younger was born into what is sometimes referred to as the Scottish "beerocracy" and would later become a director in the family business, George Younger & Sons of Alloa (as opposed to the larger, Edinburgh Youngers brewing clan), long since absorbed into Tennent Caledonian.
George Younger was educated at Cargilfield School in Edinburgh, then at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he gained an honours degree in modern history.
Younger was Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Napier University from 1993 until his death, and Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2001-2002.
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 Viscount Younger of Leckie at AllExperts
Viscount Younger of Leckie is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The 1st Viscount had previously been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1911.
The 4th Viscount was also created a life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick in 1992 before he succeeded to the Viscountcy.
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 National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (Y)
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George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851-1929), Politician.
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 September's Scottish Anniversaries
Scots led by 4th Earl of Douglas defeated at the Battle of Homildon Hill
Birth of politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister for Defence, Viscount Younger of Leckie (George Younger).
George Buchan, humanist, poet, historian and tutor of King James VI, died.
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 2003
March 17 - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush gives an ultimatum: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons must either leave Iraq, or face military action at a time of the U.S.'s choosing.
May 1 - George W. Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in a Lockheed S-3 Viking, where he gave a speech announcing end of major combat in the Iraq war.
January 26 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b.
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 September 22 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d.
1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d.
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 Overview of George Kenneth Hotson Younger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A member of the noted family of brewers, George Younger was educated in Edinburgh and Oxford.
On leaving politics in 1992, he was created a life peer as Lord Younger of Prestwick, in recognition of a campaign he fought in relation to the airport.
Younger inherited the Viscountcy of Younger of Leckie on the death of his father in 1997.
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 The Scotsman - UK - Lord Younger's funeral takes place
THE funeral of Lord Younger of Leckie, who died aged 71 after a long battle against cancer, took place yesterday.
Arrangements are still being made for memorial services for Viscount Younger to be held at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, and Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire.
As George Younger he enjoyed a distinguished career, serving as both Scottish and defence secretary, before becoming a highly successful chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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 2003 - Gurupedia
Occupation of Iraq: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive protests.
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b.
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 thePeerage.com - William Francis Kenrick Wynne-Jones, Baron Wynne-Jones and others
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie died on 26 January 2003.
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.).
He was created Baron Younger of Prestwick, of Ayr in the District of Kyle and Carrick [U.K. Life Peer] on 7 July 1992.
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 Overview of George Kenneth Hotson Younger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A member of the noted family of brewers, George Younger was educated in Edinburgh and Oxford.
Younger inherited the Viscountcy of Younger of Leckie on the death of his father in 1997.
Younger commanded respect and admiration across the political spectrum, becoming known as 'Gentleman George'.
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 September 22 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d.
1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d.
1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b.
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 codshit.com: conspiracy theories and a search for the truth
Other problems were that neither Howe nor Younger had been on the job as long as the Prime Minister, and they had massive departmental responsibilities.
Younger could have resolved the difficulty apparently by simply refusing to allow the manuscript to be published in the interest of national security but declined, apparently because of pressure from senior officers who thought Hayward had been harshly dealt with, and deserved to tell his side of the story.
On Oct. 4th, Hanssen had sent a letter by mail for Viktor Cherkashin, the Washington Embassy's counterintelligence chief, outlining what the West was planning, how it hoped to succeed, and with whose help.
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 Definition of George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
Definition of George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (September 22, 1931–January 26, 2003), known to many as "Gentleman George", was a British politician whose long career as Conservative MP for Ayr (1964–1992) included periods as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989.
Lord Younger: A career in politics (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2696457.stm) – BBC News article, dated Sun 26 Jan 2003
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 2003
* March 17 - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush gives an ultimatum: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons must either leave Iraq, or face military action at a time of the U.S.'s choosing.
* May 1 - George W. Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in a Lockheed S-3 Viking, where he gave a speech announcing end of major combat in the Iraq war.
* January 26 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - 2003
U.S. President Bush calls Monday, March 17th, the "moment of Truth", meaning that the "coalition of the willing" would make its final effort to extract a resolution from the U.N. Security Council that would give Iraq an ultimatum to disarm immediately or to be disarmed by force.
US President George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive protests.
December 13 - Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, is captured in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
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