Viscount Younger of Leckie

Viscount Younger of Leckie, of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1923 for the Unionist politician Sir George Younger, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Leckie in the County of Clackmannan, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 12 July 1911. His grandson, the third Viscount, served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire (renamed Stirling and Falkirk in 1975) from 1964 to 1979, whilst the third Viscounts brother was Labour MP Kenneth Younger. His son, the fourth Viscount, was a prominent Conservative politician. In 1992, five years before he succeeded his father, he was created a life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick, of Ayr in the District of Kyle and Carrick. As of 2016 the baronetcy and viscountcy are held by his son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 2003, and who joined the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer in 2010.

Viscounts Younger of Leckie (1923)

George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851–1929)
James Younger, 2nd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1880–1946)
Edward George Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1906–1997)
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (1931–2003)
James Edward George Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie (b. 1955)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Alexander William George Younger (b. 1993)

References

Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Harberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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