Sir George Young, 5th Baronet

Gerry Young, the first son of Sir George Young, 4th Baronet, was born on 8 September 1908.^[1] He was educated at Westminster School and went on to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1929.^[2] He was then awarded a Laming Travelling Fellowship at Queen's College, Oxford, which meant spending nine months learning modern languages overseas.^[1]

After graduation he entered the Diplomatic Service and over the course of his career he served in Madrid, Berlin, Peking, Beirut, Rio de Janeiro and Rome.^[2] In 1953 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office before returning to the Foreign Office in 1955-6 as head of the News Dept.^[2] In 1956 He became deputy to the Ambassador in Paris.^[3]

Whilst serving in Peking he became engaged to the daughter of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugesson, who at the time was the British ambassador there; they married on 14 February 1939.^[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1951 Birthday Honours^[4] and became the 5th Baronet, on the death of his father, in 1952. Young died on 17 March 1960.^[3]

• Young baronets of Formosa Place (1813)