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Leland was the son of Leander Leland and Zilpha Tifft. He married Ellen Rhoda Hull (April 24, 1846 – January 15, 1914), the daughter of Elias Hull. They had three children: Martha Gertrude (1868–1912), Wilfred Chester (November 7, 1869 – 1958), and Miriam Edith (1872–1894).
As the United States prepared to enter World War I, Henry Leland wanted his Cadillac Motor Car Company to build Liberty V-12 aircraft engines for the military. But Billy Durant, head of corporate parent General Motors and a dedicated pacifist, refused Leland's request.
Feb 22, 2009 · The Cadillac board assigned Wilfred Leland to negotiate with Durant. Wilfred proved to be a canny and tenacious negotiator, rejecting any deal that involved a transfer of stock in lieu of cash. When Durant offered him a kickback to lower the selling price, Wilfred flatly refused.
Following a dispute with Billy Durant, whose General Motors corporation acquired Cadillac in 1909, Leland resigned and founded Lincoln Motor Company in 1917. Henry Leland grew up in Vermont and learned the importance of precision manufacturing in New England's state-of-the-art factories.
Oct 16, 2019 · In June 1922, Ford security personnel walked 79-year-old Leland and his son Wilfred, a Lincoln executive, out of the factory they had built. Henry Ford knew how to carry a grudge. Today, Henry Leland, the man who started both Cadillac and Lincoln, is nowhere near as well-known as Tucker.
Nov 24, 2016 · With his son, Wilfred, and many poached Cadillac employees, Leland formed a company to manufacture military engines, and named it after the first man he ever voted for, Abraham Lincoln.
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Sep 14, 2008 · Henry Martyn Leland was the father of the mass-produced luxury car in the United States. And his son, Wilfred, might well be called the luxury car's favorite uncle.
