Edward Naylor-Leyland

Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland was born on 6 December 1890.[1] 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.[1][2] His mother was Jeanie Willson Chamberlain, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Selah Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio.[2] He had a brother, George Vyvyan Naylor-Leyland (1892–1914), who was killed in action during the First World War. He grew up at his paternal family residence of Nantclwyd Hall, a Grade II listed mansion in Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales.[2] King Edward VII (1841–1910) was his godfather.[2]

He was educated at Eton College, a private boarding school in Eton, Berkshire.[1] While he was at Eton, he and his brother escaped a kidnapping, where the intent was to hold them hostage for ransom.[2] He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford.[1]

He served as Honourable Attaché to Bern, Switzerland and Paris, France. He served as High Sheriff of Denbighshire in 1921. He also served as Justice of the Peace for Denbighshire.[1]

On 7 May 1899 he became 2nd Baronet Naylor-Leyland, of Hyde Park House, Albert Gate, London.[1] Upon inheriting the title from his late father, he also inherited two properties: Nantclwyd Hall in Wales, and Hyde Park House in Albert Gate, Knightsbridge, London.[2]

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.[1] He died on 23 September 1952.[1]