Janet Young, Baroness Young
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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In office 24 May 1971 – 6 September 2002 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Widnes, England | 23 October 1926
Died | 6 September 2002 Oxford, England | (aged 75)
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Yale University St Anne's College, Oxford |
Janet Mary Young, Baroness Young,
Early life
Born Janet Mary Baker in Widnes in 1926, she was the daughter of J. N. L. Baker, a geographer at Oxford University, and Phyllis (née Hancock) Baker.[1] She went to the mainly boys Dragon School in Oxford where she played rugby and cricket, and then to Headington School.[1] During World War II she studied at Yale University, and then took an MA in philosophy, politics and economics at St Anne's College, Oxford.[1] In 1950, she married the academic chemist Geoffrey Tyndale Young (1915–2014), and had three daughters.[1][2]
Political career
Young became a councillor for
She sat on the boards of large corporations such as
Death
Young died from cancer at her home in Oxford on 6 September 2002, at the age of 75.[1][12]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/77303. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Baroness Young of Farnworth: Obituary". BBC News Online. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "No. 45336". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 1971. p. 3333.
- ^ "No. 45377". The London Gazette. 25 May 1971. p. 5449.
- ^ "No. 18993". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 May 1971. p. 387.
- ^ OCLC 1084655208.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "No. 48741". The London Gazette. 18 September 1981. p. 11857.
- ^ "No. 48952". The London Gazette. 16 April 1982. p. 5169.
- ^ "No. 49398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1983. p. 8479.
- ^ a b c Langdon, Julia (6 September 2002). "Lady Young of Farnworth". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Profile: Baroness Young". BBC News Online. 29 November 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Russell, Ben (7 September 2002). "Baroness Young, enemy of gay rights, dies at 75". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.