Janet Young, Baroness Young

The Right Honourable The Baroness Young PC DL
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Belstead
Succeeded by	The Lord Glenarthur
Leader of the House of Lords
In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Soames
Succeeded by	The Viscount Whitelaw
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 7 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Humphrey Atkins
Succeeded by	John Biffen
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 14 September 1981 – 7 April 1982
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Francis Pym
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Minister of State for Education and Science
In office 7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Gordon Oakes
Succeeded by	Paul Channon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment
In office 5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	The Lord Sandford
Succeeded by	Gerald Kaufman
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip
In office 21 April 1972 – 5 June 1973
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	New appointment
Succeeded by	The 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
Died	6 September 2002(2002-09-06) (aged 75) Oxford, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Yale 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.