Charles Frearson Younger

Charles Frearson Younger (9 September 1885 – 21 March 1917) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of the brewer and politician Sir George Younger, and his wife, Lucy, he was born in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. He was educated in England at Cheam School, before attending Winchester College. He was a member of the Winchester cricket team and was considered a bowler of good length. Younger then studied at New College, Oxford. taking two wickets in the match and scoring 27 runs. He was absent on the first day of the match, leaving Oxford a man short in their first innings. Younger made no further appearances for Oxford and failed to gain a blue. A member of the Clackmannanshire county cricket team,

Younger was commissioned as an army officer and served in the First World War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant in August 1914. Younger was seriously wounded in action at Saint-Léger on 20 March 1917, rendering him unconscious. He succumbed to his wounds the following day, having been evacuated to Aveluy. He was buried at the Aveluy Communal Cemetery. Younger was survived by his wife, Marjory, whom he had married in 1913.