Sir Vivyan (or Vyvian) Edward Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet (1924–1987) was a British 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 (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 In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

listed mansion in

Llanelidan Llanelidan is a small village and community in the county of Denbighshire in north-east Wales. The community also includes the hamlet of Rhyd-y-Meudwy. The church, village hall and pub all lie within 200 yards of each other overlooking the vil ...

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, Wales. He was educated at

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and graduated from

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and the

Royal Agricultural University The Royal Agricultural University (RAU), formerly the Royal Agricultural College, is a public university in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Established in 1845, it was the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world. ...

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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 Liverpool.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, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Military Cross, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate architecture, Italianate village of Portmeirion in North ...

(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 OBE (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-sur ...

(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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