James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Viscount Younger of Leckie
| image = Official portrait of Viscount Younger of Leckie crop 2, 2023.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| office = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
| primeminister = Rishi Sunak
| term_start = 1 January 2023
| term_end = 5 July 2024
| predecessor = The Baroness Stedman-Scott
| successor = The Baroness Sherlock
| office4 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith and Communities
| primeminister4 = Boris Johnson
| term_start4 = 27 July 2019
| term_end4 = 13 February 2020
| predecessor4 = The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
| successor4 = The Lord Greenhalgh
| office1 = Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
| primeminister1 = Boris Johnson
Liz Truss{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
Rishi Sunak{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
| term_start1 = 13 February 2020
| term_end1 = 1 January 2023
| predecessor1 = The Baroness Berridge
| successor1 = The Lord Evans of Rainow
| primeminister2 = David Cameron
Theresa May
| term_start2 = 14 May 2015
| term_end2 = 27 July 2019
| predecessor2 = The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
| successor2 = The Lord Bethell
| term_start3 = 25 June 2012
| term_end3 = 9 January 2013
| primeminister3 = David Cameron
| predecessor3 = The Lord de Mauley
| successor3 = The Lord Popat of Harrow
| office5 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property
| primeminister5 = David Cameron
| term_start5 = 9 January 2013
| term_end5 = 17 July 2014
| predecessor5 = The Lord Marland
| successor5 = The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
| office6 = Member of the House of Lords
| status6 = Lord Temporal
| term_label6 = as an elected hereditary peer
| term_start6 = 28 June 2010
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| predecessor6 = The 14th Earl of Northesk
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| education = Winchester College
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list |University of St Andrews |Henley Management College}}
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| occupation = Businessman, politician
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James Edward George Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie{{Cite web |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4169/career |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom |access-date=24 October 2022}} (born 11 November 1955), is an elected{{Cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/100623-0002.htm#10062341000488 |title=Lords Hansard text for 23 Jun 201023 Jun 2010 (Pt 0002)}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/viscount-younger-of-leckie |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |access-date=28 September 2014 }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/james-younger/87226 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904080646/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/james-younger/87226 |archive-date=2010-09-04 |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie}}
Younger is a deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.buckinghamcca.co.uk/partyofficers.htm |title=Party Officers |publisher=Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association |access-date=26 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818214242/http://buckinghamcca.co.uk/partyofficers.htm |archive-date=18 August 2013 }}
On 25 June 2012, Younger was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (Lords Whip).{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/appointment-of-a-lord-in-waiting-government-whip/ |title=Press Notice: Appointment of Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) |publisher=10 Downing Street |date=25 June 2012}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bis.gov.uk/Press-Releases/The-Viscount-Younger-of-Leckie-appointed-as-Business-Minister-685cf.aspx |title=The Viscount Younger of Leckie appointed as Business Minister |access-date=9 January 2013 |work=BIS}}
On 27 July 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government in Boris Johnson's ministry.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people//viscount-younger-of-leckie |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |access-date=27 July 2019}}
On 1 January 2023, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.{{cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: 1 January 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-1-january-2023 |website=gov.uk |access-date=2 January 2023 |date=1 January 2023}}
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