About Michael Layard
Born 1936. Michael Layard is a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Michael Henry Gordon Layard, (born 3 January 1936) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord from 1992 to 1995.
Naval career Educated at Pangbourne College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Layard was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1954. He trained as a fighter pilot and in 1970 he took command of 899 Naval Air Squadron flying Sea Vixens. During the Falklands War he was Senior Naval Officer in the MV Atlantic Conveyor,
Layard became Commander of RNAS Culdrose in 1982, Captain of the destroyer in 1984 and Director Naval Warfare (Air) at the Ministry of Defence in 1985.
Layard owns a 32-foot yacht, Banjo.
Family In 1966 Layard married Elspeth Horsley Fisher. They have two sons.
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