The Phrase

[ladybud]

were does the phrase (The Later) come from?

[MustafaTickl]

"Who's mucking about with me Royal potater?
Carry on, I'll behead you later".
Henry VIII.

[Kingaroo]

Do you mean "the latter"? That word is used to mean the second of two things just listed, as in:

I bought flowers for my mother and my wife, plus chocolates for the latter.

[RATTER15]

Kingaroo, Does your wife know you are buying chocolates for the latter? whoever she is!!

[Grunty]

Or do you mean 'the late'. This refers to a person who has died. It could be said as 'The late Edward Heath' or 'The Queen and her late father, King George VI'.