James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie

The Right Honourable The Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2019
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
In office 25 June 2012 – 9 January 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord de Mauley
Succeeded by	The Lord Popat of Harrow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property
In office 9 January 2013 – 17 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Marland
Succeeded by	The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 June 2010 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The Earl of Northesk
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-11) 11 November 1955
Political party	Conservative
Parent	George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	University of St Andrews Henley Management College
Occupation	Businessman, politician

James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie (born 11 November 1955), is an elected 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.

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.

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 only a few excepted hereditary members of the House of Lords who was not a member before the act came into force.

Younger is a deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association.

On 25 June 2012, Younger was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (Lords Whip). 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.

On 27 July 2019 he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government in Boris Johnson's administration.