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 Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2865 His father 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.Lady Mary, 'Sir Albert Naylor-Leyland , Whose Mother Was Cleveland Girl, Had Two Royal Godfathers', ''

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'', 7 January 191

/ref> His mother was Jeanie Willson Chamberlain, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Selah Chamberlain of

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, Ohio. He had a brother, George Vyvyan Naylor-Leyland (1892–1914), who was killed in action during the

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. He grew up at his paternal family residence of

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listed mansion in

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, Denbighshire, Wales. King

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(1841–1910) was his godfather. He was educated at

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, a private boarding school in

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. While he was at Eton, he and his brother escaped a kidnapping, where the intent was to hold them hostage for ransom. He graduated from

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, a constituent college of the

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Career

He served as Honourable Attaché to

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and Paris, France. He served as

High Sheriff of Denbighshire The first High Sheriff of Denbighshire was John Salusbury (died 1540s), John Salusbury, snr, appointed in 1540. The shrievalty of Denbighshire, together with that of Flintshire, continued until 1974 when it was abolished after the county and sh ...

in 1921. He also served as Justice of the Peace for Denbighshire. On 7 May 1899 he became 2nd Baronet Naylor-Leyland, of Hyde Park House, Albert Gate, London. Upon inheriting the title from his late father, he also inherited two properties: Nantclwyd Hall in Wales, and

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in Albert Gate,

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, London.

Personal life

On 10 April 1923 he married Marguerite Helene Marie Fradin de Belabre. They had three sons – the eldest being Sir Vivyan Edward Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet – and a daughter. He died on 23 September 1952.

References

External links

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People educated at Eton College