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The Viscount Younger of Leckie
Official portrait, 2023
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 January 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
13 February 2020 – 1 January 2023
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss[1]
Rishi Sunak[2]
Preceded byThe Baroness Berridge
Succeeded byThe Lord Evans of Rainow
In office
14 May 2015 – 27 July 2019
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Succeeded byThe Lord Bethell
In office
25 June 2012 – 9 January 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord de Mauley
Succeeded byThe Lord Popat of Harrow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith and Communities
In office
27 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Succeeded byThe Lord Greenhalgh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property
In office
9 January 2013 – 17 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Marland
Succeeded byThe Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Member of the House of Lords

Lord Temporal

as an elected hereditary peer
28 June 2010
Preceded byThe 14th Earl of Northesk
Personal details
Born (1955-11-11) 11 November 1955 (age 68)
Political partyConservative
ParentGeorge Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
EducationWinchester College
Alma mater
  • Henley Management College
  • OccupationBusinessman, 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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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 GovernmentinBoris 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[edit]

    1. ^ "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
    Preceded by

    George Younger

    Viscount Younger of Leckie
    2003–present
    Incumbent
    Heir apparent:
    Hon. Alexander Younger
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by

    The Earl of Northesk

    Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
    under the House of Lords Act 1999
    2010–present
    Incumbent
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  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Younger,_5th_Viscount_Younger_of_Leckie&oldid=1208286329"

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