George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie

George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie ( born October 13, 1851 in Alloa, Scotland, † April 29, 1929 ) was a British politician.

Biography

After his school education at the Edinburgh Academy, he began studying at Edinburgh University, but he had to give up in 1868 at the age of 17 years to lead the brewery the family after the death of his father. Like his uncle William McEwan knew how to blend his business activities with his later political career.

His political career began in local politics in Clackmannanshire, 1904, he was Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Association, the forerunner of today's Conservative Party in Scotland.

In the general election in 1906 Younger was first elected to the House of Commons, in which he represented the constituency of Ayr Burghs until 1922. Between 1916 and 1923 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Conservative Party. In this capacity he had substantial influence on the successful performance of the Conservatives in the general election in 1918, which led by the Conservative Party candidate for the recovery of many constituencies. In 1922, he was also one of the leading figures in the replacement of the national coalition government of Prime Minister David Lloyd George and the subsequent formation of conservative governments under Prime Ministers Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin in the period from 1922 until 1924.

After he had been charged in 1911 Baronet, Younger was charged in 1923 with the title Viscount Younger of Leckie in the hereditary nobility and as such was a member of the House of Lords. From 1923 until his death in 1929 he was also Treasurer ( Treasurer ) of the Conservative Party.

His great-grandson George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, was also conservative member of the House of Commons and Minister.