Young, Sir George Peregrine Bt, son of Sir George Young Bt MVO, and Jessie Helen, d. of Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert GCB KCSI; b. 8 Sept. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1922; left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930; Laming Travelling Fellowship Queen's Coll. Oxf. 1929; entered HM Diplomatic Service Dec. 1931; served Madrid, Berlin, Peking, Beirut, Rio de Janeiro and Rome; CMG June 1951; seconded to Cabinet Office 1953; head of News Dept FO 1955-6; Minister Paris 1956; succ. as 5th Baronet 1952; m. 14 Feb. 1939 Elizabeth, d. of Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesson KCMG, HM Ambassador to Belgium; d. 17 Mar. 1960.
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