YOUNG, DAVID IVOR, BARON YOUNG OF GRAFFHAM
- YOUNG, DAVID IVOR, BARON YOUNG OF GRAFFHAM
- YOUNG, DAVID IVOR, BARON YOUNG OF GRAFFHAM (1932– ), British
businessman and politician. Lord
Young of Graffham was born in London, the son of a flour merchant, and
the brother of stuart young , who became the chairman of the
BBC. Lord Young was educated at a London public school,
Christ's College, Finchley, and London University. He became a solicitor
and then entered business life, serving as an executive at Great
Universal Stores from 1956 to 1961 and as chairman of Eldonwall Ltd.
margaret thatcher appointed him to head the Manpower Services
Commission from 1982 to 1984, which was concerned with reducing
Britain's high unemployment rate. In 1984 she made Young minister
without portfolio in her government, with a life peerage. Lord Young was
then appointed to Thatcher's cabinet, serving as employment minister in
1985–87 and trade minister in 1987–89. Later he held a variety of senior
business appointments and was chairman of Cable & Wireless Ltd. in
1990–95. He was also active in Jewish affairs, serving as president of
Jewish Care from 1990. Young is the author of an account of his time in
government, The Enterprise Years: A Businessman in Politics
(1990).
(William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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