Biography:
Charles Younger was born 9 September 1885, the third and youngest son of Sir George Younger, 1st Baronet and 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, MP for Ayr Burghs, of Leckie, Stirlingshire. His mother was Lucy, daughter of Edward Smith MD, FRS, of Heanor Fall, Derbyshire. He was the brother of James Younger (F 1893-1899), 2nd Viscount Younger from 1929; his other brother, Second Lieutenant Edward John Younger, 16th Lancers was killed in the Boer War.
Charles came to Winchester College in May 1899 from Cheam School. He was in F House, Hawkin's. He was Head of his House and, in the words of The Wykehamist of April 1917 'It was here that his character came out, his healthy tastes, his simple straightforwardness, his good judgement, his strength of will. As many have testified, he ruled cheerfully and firmly, he met with ready obedience, and his influence was deeply felt'. He reached Sixth Book and he played for Lords XI in 1903 and 1904 - he was a fine left-hand bowler and was instrumental in the defeat of Eton in 1904.
He left Winchester in the summer of 1904 for New College, Oxford and on leaving Oxford he entered his father's brewery business in Alloa, of which he later became managing director. He occasionally returned to Winchester to play cricket for the Old Wykehamist XI.
Charles obtained a commission in the Lothians and Border Horse in 1909. In 1913 he married Marjory Caroline Murray, sister of Kenneth Murray (G 1905-1910) and lived at Gartur, Stirling. They had no children.
Charles was mortally wounded in action at St Leger, near Albert on 20 March 1917 and died the next day 'unconscious and free from pain' at Aveluy aged 31. He is buried in grave M.8 of the Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension and is commemorated in the memorial chapel of Holy Trinity Church, Stirling.