# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-younger-4th-viscount-younger-of-leckie
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:39:01.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-younger-4th-viscount-younger-of-leckie"
name: "George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie"
slug: "george-younger-4th-viscount-younger-of-leckie"
description: "George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick, was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr from 1964 to 1992. During the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, Younger served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989."
tagline: "British politician (1931-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Younger.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-09-22"
deathDate: "2003-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.138231631382316
  historical:           6.771313333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Янгер, Джордж, 4-й виконт Янгер Лекский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Younger, 4. Viscount Younger of Leckie"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Younger_(4e_vicomte_Younger_de_Leckie)"
    title: "George Younger (4e vicomte Younger de Leckie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Younger%2C_IV_visconte_Younger_di_Leckie"
    title: "George Younger, IV visconte Younger di Leckie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Younger_(4._wicehrabia_Younger_of_Leckie)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump