James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie
The Right Honourable The Viscount Younger of Leckie | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
In office 1 January 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Stedman-Scott |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Sherlock |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 13 February 2020 – 1 January 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss[1] Rishi Sunak[2] |
Preceded by | The Baroness Berridge |
Succeeded by | The Lord Evans of Rainow |
In office 14 May 2015 – 27 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Lord Wallace of Saltaire |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bethell |
In office 25 June 2012 – 9 January 2013 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord de Mauley |
Succeeded by | The Lord Popat of Harrow |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith and Communities | |
In office 27 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth |
Succeeded by | The Lord Greenhalgh |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property | |
In office 9 January 2013 – 17 July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord Marland |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Neville-Rolfe |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as an elected hereditary peer 28 June 2010 | |
Preceded by | The 14th Earl of Northesk |
Personal details | |
Born | (1955-11-11) 11 November 1955 (age 68) |
Political party | Conservative |
Parent | George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie |
Education | Winchester College |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Businessman, politician |
James Edward George Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie[3] (born 11 November 1955), is an elected[4] hereditary peer who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.
Early life
James Younger was born on 11 November 1955. His father was George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, who was a prominent member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.
Younger was educated at Winchester College, where he was in the school football team, and the University of St Andrews, where he read medieval history. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College.
Career
Younger now works in the field of personnel management and recruitment.[5]
In June 2010, Younger won the by-election to replace the 14th Earl of Northesk who died in March 2010. Younger inherited his peerage in 2003, after passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, making him one of those excepted hereditary members of the House of Lords who was not a member before the act came into force.[6]
Younger is a deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association.[7]
On 25 June 2012, Younger was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (Lords Whip).[8] On 9 January 2013, Lord Younger was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, by the Prime Minister.[9]
On 27 July 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government in Boris Johnson's ministry.[10]
On 1 January 2023, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.[11]
References
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Viscount Younger of Leckie". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Lords Hansard text for 23 Jun 201023 Jun 2010 (Pt 0002)".
- ^ "Viscount Younger of Leckie". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Viscount Younger of Leckie". Archived from the original on 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Party Officers". Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Press Notice: Appointment of Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)". 10 Downing Street. 25 June 2012.
- ^ "The Viscount Younger of Leckie appointed as Business Minister". BIS. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Viscount Younger of Leckie". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: 1 January 2023". gov.uk. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Viscount Younger of Leckie 2003–present | Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Alexander Younger |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2010–present | Incumbent |
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