George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
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- George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
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- September 22, 1931
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- 94 years
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- Virgo
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- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Politician, Business Leader
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Biography
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie is 94 years old, a politician, from United Kingdom.
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick (22 September 1931 – 26 January 2003), was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr from 1964 to 1992. During the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, Younger served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989.
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member of the House of Lords
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member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State for Defence
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member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State for Scotland
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Secretary of State for Scotland
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Secretary of State for Scotland
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Secretary of State for Scotland
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member of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
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member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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