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George Younger, 1St Viscount Younger Of LeckieGeorge Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (October 13, 1851 - April 29, 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 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 Younger of Leckie, George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger, George Younger of Leckie, George Younger, 1st Viscount
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