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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. 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. 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. ==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) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viscount Younger of Leckie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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