Janet Young, Baroness Young
Janet Mary Young, Baroness Young, PC, DL (née Baker, 23 October 1926 – 6 September 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. She was the only woman ever appointed to the Cabinet by Margaret Thatcher.
The Right Honourable The Baroness Young PC DL | |
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| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Belstead |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Glenarthur |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Soames |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Whitelaw |
| Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| In office 7 April 1982 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Succeeded by | John Biffen |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 14 September 1981 – 7 April 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Minister of State for Education and Science | |
| In office 7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Gordon Oakes |
| Succeeded by | Paul Channon |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment | |
| In office 5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Lord Sandford |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Kaufman |
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 21 April 1972 – 5 June 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | New appointment |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 24 May 1971 – 6 September 2002 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1926 Widnes, England |
| Died | 6 September 2002 (aged 75) Oxford, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Yale University St Anne's College, Oxford |
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