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


Biography


Early life

Vivian Edward Naylor-Leyland was born on 5 March 1924. urke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 220/ref> His father was Sir
Albert Naylor-Leyland, 2nd Baronet Sir Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland, 2nd Baronet (6 December 1890–23 September 1952) was an English aristocrat, diplomat and public official. Biography Early life Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland was born on 6 December 1890.Burke's ...
(1890-1952) and his mother, Marguerite de Belabre. His paternal grandfather was Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, 1st Baronet (1864–1899), who served as Member of Parliament for
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from 1892 to 1895 and for
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from 1898 to 1899. He grew up at his paternal family residence of
Nantclwyd Hall Nantclwyd Hall is a 17th-century Grade II* listed mansion near the village of Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales,Grade II listed mansion in
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,
Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...
, Wales. He was educated at
Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...
, a private boarding school in
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. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, a constituent college of the
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, and the
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in
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,
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.


Career

He served in the
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of the
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, becoming Lieutenant. Later, he made a fortune as a banker in
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.David Barnes, ''The Companion Guide to Wales'', Companion Guides, 2005, p. 34

/ref> On 23 September 1952 he became the Naylor-Leyland baronets, 3rd Baronet Naylor-Leyland, of Hyde Park House, Albert Gate, London. With his inherited title came the family country seat of Nantclwyd Hall. At Nantclwyd, he commissioned the architect
Clough Williams-Ellis Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in the development of Welsh architec ...
(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 Henry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (30 October 1883 – 17 May 1962), was a British peer. Biography FitzAlan-Howard was the only son of Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, second infancy-survivin ...
(1882-1962) and Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale (1898–1995). They had a son, Sir Philip Vyvian Naylor-Leyland, 4th Baronet. On 17 November 1967 he married Noreen Starr Anker Simmons; they had a daughter. Thirdly, he married Jameina Flora Reid. They had two daughters. He died on 2 September 1987 at the age of 63.


References

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