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Sir Vivian Naylor Leyland, 3rd Baronet

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Died
  
2 September 1987

Nationality
  
British


Occupation
  
Lieutenant, banker

Name
  
Sir Naylor-Leyland,

Residence
  
Nantclwyd Hall, Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales

Education
  
Eton College Christ Church, Oxford Royal Agricultural University

Sir Vivyan (or Vyvian) Edward Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet (1924-1987) was a British aristocrat and banker.

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Early life

Vivian Edward Naylor-Leyland was born on 5 March 1924. His father was Sir Albert Naylor-Leyland, 2nd Baronet (1890-1952) and his mother, Marguerite de Belabre. His paternal grandfather was His father was Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, 1st Baronet (1864–1899), who served as Member of Parliament for Colchester from 1892 to 1895 and for Southport from 1898 to 1899. He grew up at his paternal family residence of Nantclwyd Hall, a Grade II listed mansion in Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales.

He was educated at Eton College, a private boarding school in Eton, Berkshire. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, and the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Career

He served in the Grenadier Guards of the British Army, becoming Lieutenant.

Later, he made a fortune as a banker in Liverpool.

On 23 September 1952 he became the 3rd Baronet Naylor-Leyland, of Hyde Park House, Albert Gate, London. With his inherited title came the family country seat of Nantclwyd Hall. Thanks to his lucrative salary as a banker, he hired architect Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978) to add a fibreglass temple, a clock tower, a ceremonial arch, gazebos, a dovecote, and formal gardens.

Personal life

On 17 January 1952 he married Hon. Elizabeth-Anne Marie Gabrielle Fitzalan-Howard, the daughter of Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (1882-1962) and Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale (1898–1995). They had a son:

  • Sir Philip Vyvian Naylor-Leyland, 4th Baronet (born 1953).
  • On 17 November 1967 he married Noreen Starr Anker Simmons. They had a daughter:

  • Cleonie Mary Veronica Naylor-Leyland (born 1968).
  • Thirdly, he married Jameina Flora Reid. They had two daughters:

  • Virginia Naylor-Leyland (born 1983).
  • Jessica Pamela Naylor-Leyland (born 1987).
  • He died on 2 September 1987 at the age of 63.

    References

    Sir Vivian Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet Wikipedia