Lord Alphonse Leighton

Lord Alphonse Leighton (Alphonse Charles Arnold; born July 24, 1854 - died August 27, 1918) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and later Australian after his retirement from the Army, The eldest son and third child of Lord Edward Leighton and his first wife, Amelia Yorke, the eldest daughter of Arnold Yorke. He was the second-surviving child of his parents despite being the eldest to be born, He was a Major in the British Army until his retirement before World War I happened. The godfather of Prince Edward, the 2nd Duke of Sussex, when present in his baptism into the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was called the Elder to avoid confusion with his son, Regards as one of the greatest members of the House of Leighton, and considered to be a special member of the House of Leighton alongside the Earls Leighton and the Marquesses of Horwich.

Early life
Alphonse Charles Arnold was born on July 24, 1854 in Birmingham, 10 days after the death of his paternal uncle, the Viscount Garraway. He was the eldest child and son of Lord Edward Leighton, the younger brother of the Viscount and his first wife, Amelia Yorke, the eldest daughter of Arnold Yorke; Alphonse brought his grandparents happiness after depression, Marquess Alistair and Marchioness Mirabelle saw him after one week of birth in the historic Warwickshire. A peaceful child, He was enrolled to a private school in Yorkshire and likes to play with his classmates and friends.