Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet GBE, PC (20 March 1879 – 11 July 1960), was a British politician and writer. Young was the youngest son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet. Originally a Liberal, Young was first elected as an MP in 1915, became Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1921 and Chief Whip for the Lloyd George Liberals in 1922. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1922.

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  • Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet GBE, PC (20 March 1879 – 11 July 1960), was a British politician and writer. Young was the youngest son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet. Originally a Liberal, Young was first elected as an MP in 1915, became Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1921 and Chief Whip for the Lloyd George Liberals in 1922. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1922. He became editor of the Financial News, 1926-29, when he introduced an Arts page which was continued by the Financial Times when they were merged in 1946. Young joined the Conservative Party in 1926 during his term as MP for Norwich. He served as a delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations, 1926 and 1927. He became MP for Sevenoaks in 1929 and served as Minister for Export Credits from 1929 and Minister of Health between 1931 and 1935. He was created Baron Kennet in 1935. Speaking at the Gresham's School prize-giving on 13 July 1923, Young "... recommended the boys to go in for great risks and dangerous deeds. Let them have adventure, and the madder the adventure, the better. " Young was married to the sculptor Kathleen Scott, née Bruce, widow of Captain Sir Robert Falcon Scott. Their son, Wayland Young, became a writer and Labour politician.
  • Edward Hilton Young, 1. baron Kennet GBE, brytyjski polityk i pisarz, członek Partii Liberalnej, a następnie Partii Konserwatywnej, minister w trzecim rządzie Ramsaya MacDonalda.
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  • Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet GBE, PC (20 March 1879 – 11 July 1960), was a British politician and writer. Young was the youngest son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet. Originally a Liberal, Young was first elected as an MP in 1915, became Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1921 and Chief Whip for the Lloyd George Liberals in 1922. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1922.
  • Edward Hilton Young, 1. baron Kennet GBE, brytyjski polityk i pisarz, członek Partii Liberalnej, a następnie Partii Konserwatywnej, minister w trzecim rządzie Ramsaya MacDonalda.
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  • Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet
  • Hilton Young, 1. baron Kennet
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