Michael John Layton, 2nd Baron Layton (28 September 1912 – 23 January 1989), was, with his father Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton, a founder member, and President (1983–1989) of the European-Atlantic Group, and was an active Internationalist.
Biographyedit
He was born in 1910 and his parents were Lord and Lady Layton.[1]
Lord Layton was educated at St Paul's School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He married, in 1938, Dorothy, daughter of Albert Cross, and succeeded his father in the hereditary barony in February 1966.
He was a businessman with numerous directorships, including The News Chronicle (1950-1960), The Economist (1973-1985), and the Steel Company of Wales, which was merged with the British Steel Corporation, (1967-1977), having served as Chairman of BSC in 1966, 1973, and 1975, and President (1983-1988).
He became a fervent supporter of the Conservative Party (UK) in the House of Lords, where he made a number of speeches on the Steel industry, Economics, and International Affairs.
He was succeeded by his son and heir, Geoffrey Michael Layton, 3rd Baron Layton (b. 1947), who, like his father and grandfather, joined the Committee of the European-Atlantic Group.
Referencesedit
^Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75169, retrieved 20 May 2023
Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1968, 146th edition, published by Business Directories Ltd., Sell's House, Epsom, Surrey.
European-Atlantic Group Reports 1954 - 1989, London; (Obituary on page 2).
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