Frederick Richards Leyland
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Frederick Richards Leyland

British shipowner and art collector

Frederick Richards Leyland (30 September 1831 – 4 January 1892) was one of the largest British shipowners, running 25 steamships in the transatlantic trade. He was also a major art collector, who commissioned works from several of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painters.2

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Born Sep 30, 1832, died Jan 4, 1892.1

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Career

Occupation: ship-owner, art collector.4

Leyland served as an apprentice in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co, where he rose to become a partner. In 1867, he took on the tenancy of Speke Hall, Liverpool, and in 1869 bought a house in London at 49 Princes Gate. At the end of 1872, when the Bibby partnership dissolved, he bought out his employers and changed the company name to the Leyland Line in 1873. Under his direction the line expanded into transatlantic trade and by 1882 had 25 steamships. He retired from active business in 1888, leaving his son Frederick Dawson Leyland in charge.

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Personal life

  • BornSep 30, 1832, United Kingdom5
  • DiedJan 4, 1892, London6
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland7
  • ResidenceLiverpool8
  • SpousesAnnie Ellen Wooster9; Frances Dawson9; Rosa Laura Caldecott9

Leyland married Frances née Dawson (1834–1910) on 23 March 1855, but they separated in 1879, possibly because of his liaison with his married mistress Rosa Laura Caldecott, née Gately (d. 1890).

He and Frances had four children together: Frederick Dawson (b. 1856), Fanny (b. 1857), Florence (b. 1859, married Valentine Cameron Prinsep), and Elinor (1861–1952).

Rosa bore a son named Frederick Richards Leyland Caldecott in 1883. Leyland had two further sons with his mistress Annie Ellen Wooster, Frederick Richards (b.1884) and Francis George Leyland Wooster (b.1890).

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