Frederick Richards Leyland

Frederick Richards Leyland Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain

British businessman (1832-1892)

Frederick Richards Leyland 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.

Also known as...Frederick Leyland and F. R. Leyland