Janet Young, Baroness Young

The Baroness Young
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Belstead
Succeeded byThe Lord Glenarthur
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Soames
Succeeded byThe Viscount Whitelaw
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
7 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byHumphrey Atkins
Succeeded byJohn Biffen
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
14 September 1981 – 7 April 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byFrancis Pym
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson
Minister of State for Education and Science
In office
7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byGordon Oakes
Succeeded byPaul Channon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment
In office
5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Sandford
Succeeded byGerald Kaufman
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
21 April 1972 – 5 June 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded by New appointment
Succeeded byThe Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
24 May 1971 – 6 September 2002
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born(1926-10-23)23 October 1926
Widnes, England
Died6 September 2002(2002-09-06) (aged 75)
Oxford, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materYale University
St Anne's College, Oxford

Janet Mary Young, Baroness Young, PC, DL (née Baker, 23 October 1926 – 6 September 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. She was the only woman ever appointed to the Cabinet by Margaret Thatcher.