Michael Layton, 2nd Baron Layton

Michael John Layton, 2nd Baron Layton (born September 28, 1912 - January 23, 1989 ) was a founding member and from 1983 to 1989 President of the European-Atlantic Group and an active internationalist .

biography

Layton was born on September 28, 1912 to Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton . He attended St Paul's School and Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge . In 1938 he married Dorothy, the daughter of Albert Cross. In February 1966 he inherited the title of Baron Layton from his father.

He was a businessman who served as a director of several companies including:

• The News Chronicle (1950-1960)
• The Economist (1973–1985)
• Steel Company of Wales (1967–1977), which was merged with British Steel .

Layton was a member of the metallurgy department of the Allied Control Commission in Berlin after World War II, and later he was a member of the economic sub-committee that founded the OECD in Paris. He became a supporter of the Conservative Party at the House of Lords , where he made a series of speeches on the steel industry, economy and international affairs.

Layton died on January 23, 1989 at the age of 76. His son, Geoffrey Michael Layton, 3rd Baron Layton (* 1947), who, like his father, was a member of the European-Atlantic Group committee , inherited his title .

swell

• Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1968 , 146th Edition, Business Directories Ltd., Sell's House, Epsom, Surrey.
• European-Atlantic Group Reports 1954-1989 , London; (Obituary on page 2).

predecessor	Office	successor
Walter Layton	Baron Layton 1966-1989	Geoffrey Michael Layton