Darnley Naylor
British politician
Henry Darnley Naylor (21 February 1872 – 8 December 1945), generally known as Darnley Naylor, was a British-born Australian academic who became emeritus Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He was also briefly a British Liberal Party politician.
Background
Naylor was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, the son of John Naylor, the composer and organist of York Minster and Mary Anne Chatwin. He was educated at St Peter's School, York and Trinity College, Cambridge where in 1894 he obtained a First Class in Classical Tripos and the Walker Prize in Classics. He emigrated to Australia in the 1890s. In 1898, he married Jessie Cairns Lloyd of Melbourne. They had one daughter. Jessie died in 1913. In 1916, he married Ethel Richman Wilson of Adelaide. They had one son.
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