# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-young-baron-young-of-graffham
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:10:03.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-young-baron-young-of-graffham"
name: "David Young, Baron Young of Graffham"
slug: "david-young-baron-young-of-graffham"
description: "David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham, was a British Conservative politician, businessman, and life peer. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under Margaret Thatcher, and later reported to government on health and safety, small business and government procurement."
tagline: "British politician, cabinet minister and businessman (1932–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord_young_of_Graffham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-02-27"
deathDate: "2022-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.77
  momentum:             14.30769230769231
  historical:           5.691614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young_(baron_Young_de_Graffham)"
    title: "David Young (baron Young de Graffham)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Graffham"
    title: "David Young, Baron Young of Graffham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Graffham"
    title: "David Young, Baron Young of Graffham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%A2%D9%81_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "ڈیوڈ ینگ، بیرون ینگ آف گرافہیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young_(minister)"
    title: "David Young (minister)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Янг, Дэвид, барон Янг из Граффхэма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump