Leslie Waddington (9 February 1934 – 30 November 2015) was a British art dealer who served as the chairman of Waddington Custot Galleries, 11 Cork Street, London.
[2] He was educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and the École du Louvre, Paris[1] His brother, Theo, is also an art dealer.
[3] In 1966, started his own gallery in London's Cork Street, Leslie Waddington had the backing of Alex Bernstein, a member of the Granada media dynasty.
Lord Bernstein died in 2010, and the 50% of the shares they owned were sold to the London-based French art dealer Stephane Custot.
[6] In 1967, Waddington married Ferriel Lyle, they had two daughters and divorced in 1983.