Lord Beaconsfield Landry was an American physician, civic leader and incredible vocal soloist.
Landry was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and his father, Pierre Landry, was the first Black mayor of the town.
Landry received his early education in Donaldsonville schools and completed his high school education at Gilbert Academy in Baldwin, Louisiana.
In 2013, Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, opened on the west bank of Orleans Parish in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The school opened in 2013 after the merger of L.B. Landry High School and O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, which were named after Lord Beaconsfield Landry and Oliver Perry Walker, respectively.
