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'''Amanda Youngman''' (neé Diamond) (b. January 31 [[1914]], Greenock, d. 1 October [[2001]], Ellon) was a nurse and a [[County Council]]lor for [[Yell North (Constituency)|Yell North]] from [[1955]] until [[1961]].
 
'''Amanda Youngman''' (neé Diamond) (b. January 31 [[1914]], Greenock, d. 1 October [[2001]], Ellon) was a nurse and a [[County Council]]lor for [[Yell North (Constituency)|Yell North]] from [[1955]] until [[1961]].
  
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She unsuccessfully contested the Yell North seat at the [[County_Council_Election_May_1961#Yell_North|1961 County Council election]].
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==Biography==
 
She was first married to John W. Regate in [[1937]] in Marylebone, London. She later married William Robert Youngman, but he died in [[1959]] in Lerwick aged 69. Her son, Robin, was born at the Gilbert Bain Hospital in [[1945]] and married Wilma Iris Ewen Ross in 1968, Aberdeen.
 
She was first married to John W. Regate in [[1937]] in Marylebone, London. She later married William Robert Youngman, but he died in [[1959]] in Lerwick aged 69. Her son, Robin, was born at the Gilbert Bain Hospital in [[1945]] and married Wilma Iris Ewen Ross in 1968, Aberdeen.
  
She unsuccessfully contested the Yell North seat at the [[County_Council_Election_May_1961#Yell_North|1961 County Council election]].
 
 
==Political Career==
 
==Political Career==
 
*[[County Council Election May 1955]]
 
*[[County Council Election May 1955]]

Latest revision as of 07:01, 15 January 2025

Amanda with an invitation to meet the Queen in Yell.
Picture supplied by the Youngman family.

Amanda Youngman (neé Diamond) (b. January 31 1914, Greenock, d. 1 October 2001, Ellon) was a nurse and a County Councillor for Yell North from 1955 until 1961.

She unsuccessfully contested the Yell North seat at the 1961 County Council election.

Biography

She was first married to John W. Regate in 1937 in Marylebone, London. She later married William Robert Youngman, but he died in 1959 in Lerwick aged 69. Her son, Robin, was born at the Gilbert Bain Hospital in 1945 and married Wilma Iris Ewen Ross in 1968, Aberdeen.

Political Career

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Zetland County Council
Preceded by
John Stewart
John Stewart Headshot.png
Member for
Yell North

1955-1961
Succeeded by
Andrew Peterson
[Expand]Yell North County Councillors
Councillors Zachary Hamilton (1890-1906) • Thomas Sandison (1906-1907) • John Sandison (1907-1910) • Henry Mouat (1910-1919) • George Jamieson (1919-1922) • Lachlan MacFadyen (1922-1925) • James Mainland (1925-1929) • George Jamieson (1929-1932) • Robert Smith (1932-1948) • John Ratter (1948-1952) • John Stewart (1952-1955) • Amanda Youngman (1955-1961) • Andrew Peterson (1961-1962) • Hugh Sutherland (1962-1967) • Hugh Williamson (1967-1973) • Alexander Cluness (1973-1974) • David Johnson (1974-1975)