Sir George Young, 5th Baronet

Sir George Peregrine Young, 5th Baronet (8 September 1908 – 17 March 1960)

Life

Gerry Young, the first son of Sir George Young, 4th Baronet, was born on 8 September 1908.[1] He was educated at Westminster School and went on to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1929.[2] He was then awarded a Laming Travelling Fellowship at Queen's College, Oxford, which meant spending nine months learning modern languages overseas.[1]

After graduation he entered the Diplomatic Service and over the course of his career he served in Madrid, Berlin, Peking, Beirut, Rio de Janeiro and Rome.[2] In 1953 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office before returning to the Foreign Office in 1955-6 as head of the News Dept.[2] In 1956 He became deputy to the Ambassador in Paris.[3]

Whilst serving in Peking he became engaged to the daughter of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugesson, who at the time was the British Ambassador there, they married on 14 February 1939.[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1951 Birthday Honours [4] and became the 5th Baronet, on the death of his father, in 1952. Young died on 17 March 1960.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Young, George Peregrine Bt, 1908-1960". Westminster School. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Young, Sir George (Peregrine), (8 Sept. 1908–17 March 1960), Minister at the British Embassy in Paris, since November 1956".
  3. ^ a b c "Sir George Young". The Times. 18 March 1960. p. 15.
  4. ^ "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1951. p. 3065.
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