Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet was a British writer and politician, notably concerned with planning and conservation. As a Labour minister, he was responsible for setting up the Department of the Environment and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Later he joined the SDP. He lost his seat in the Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, writer
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament, member of the House of Lords, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
