Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet

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Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, GBE (20 March 1879 – 11 July 1960), was a British politician and writer.

Originally a Liberal, Young was first elected as an MP in 1915, became Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1921 and Chief Whip for the Lloyd George Liberals in 1922. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1922. He became editor of the Financial News, 1926-29, when he introduced an Arts page which was continued by the Financial Times when they were merged in 1946.

Young joined the Conservative Party in 1926 during his term as MP for Norwich. He served as a delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations, 1926 and 1927. He became MP for Sevenoaks in 1929 and served as Minister for Export Credits from 1929 and Minister of Health between 1931 and 1935. He was created Baron Kennet in 1935.

Young was married to the sculptor Kathleen Scott, née Bruce, widow of Captain Sir Robert Falcon Scott. Their son, Wayland Young, became a writer and Labour politician.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Henry Roberts and Sir Frederick Low	Member of Parliament for Norwich 2-seat constituency (with George Henry Roberts) 1915–1923	Succeeded by Dorothy Jewson and Walter Robert Smith
Preceded by Dorothy Jewson and Walter Robert Smith	Member of Parliament for Norwich 2-seat constituency (with James Griffyth Fairfax) 1924–1929	Succeeded by Walter Robert Smith and Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare
Preceded by Herbert Walter Styles	Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks 1929–1935	Succeeded by Charles Edward Ponsonby
Political offices
Preceded by Neville Chamberlain	Minister of Health 1931–1935	Succeeded by Sir Kingsley Wood
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Kennet	Succeeded by Wayland Young