Background
YOUNG, Baroness Janet Mary Young was born on October 23, 1926. Daughter of John Norman Leonard Baker and Phyllis Marguerite Baker (née Hancock).
YOUNG, Baroness Janet Mary Young was born on October 23, 1926. Daughter of John Norman Leonard Baker and Phyllis Marguerite Baker (née Hancock).
Dragon School, Oxford. Headington School; schools in the United States of America. St. Anne’s College, Oxford, politics, schools philosophy, economics.
Councillor, Oxford City Council, 1957, Alderman and Leader of the Cons, group on the Council, 1967. Member, House of Lords, since 1971. Baroness in waiting (government, whip in the House of Lords), 1972-1973.
Parly, under-secretary of state. Dept, of the Environment, 1973-1974. Minister of State, Dept, of Education and Science, 1979-1981.
A vice-chairman of Cons. Party Organisation, 1975-1983, deputy chairman, 1977-1979. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Leader of the House of Lords, 1981-1982.
Minister in charge of Civil Service Department, 1981, and of Mgt. and Personnel Office, November 1981-1983. Government, spokesman for Wales, 1982. Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House, 1982-1983.
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983-1987. Professional career: Director, United Kingdom Provident Instituion, 1975. Member British Railways Western Region Advisory Board, 1977.
Co-Chairman, Women’s National Commission, 1979-1983. Director, National Westminster Bank, since 1987. Non-exec. Director, Marks and Spencer, since 1987.
Vice-President, The West India Committee. Trustee, Lucy Cavendish College, Camb. Chairman, Independent Schools Joint Council, since 1989.
Deputy Lieutenant, Oxfordshire, since 1989.
Church of England.
Honorary Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers; Honorary Fellow, St. Anne’s College, Oxford; honorary Doctor of Civil Law, Mount Holyoke College, United States of America. Clubs: University Women’s Club.
Married Doctor Geoffrey Tyndale Young in 1950.