Lloyd family (Birmingham)
The Lloyd family of Birmingham was a prominent Welsh
Quaker family who migrated in the seventeenth century to Birmingham, England, from Dolobran Hall near Meifod, Powys (previously in Montgomeryshire),[1] Wales. The family were involved in manufacturing and in the establishment of Lloyds Bank.[2] The principal residence of the senior branch of the Birmingham family was Farm, Bordesley
.
At the outbreak of the
First World War Gertrude and John Henry Lloyd had four sons of military age:[3]
- Alan Scrivener Lloyd who enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery and was killed on 4 August 1916 at Ypres.
- Ronald Lloyd joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit in 1914, but following Alan's death enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.
- Eric Lloyd joined the Friends Ambulance Unit in 1914 and enlisted in the Navy in 1916.
- Gerald Lloyd was a Conscientious Objector and undertook alternative civilian service with the YMCA.
Notable family members
Prominent members of the family included:
- Sampson Lloyd (1664โ1724), iron manufacturer and founder of the family.
- Sampson Lloyd II(1699โ1779), co-founded Lloyds Bank.
- philanthropist.
- Thomas de Quincey.
- chairmanof Lloyds Bank.
- John Henry Lloyd, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, 1901โ1902.
- vegetarian and campaigner for animal rights.
See also
References
- ^ "Deeds relating to the Lloyd family and to the Dolobran estate". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Lloyd, Samuel (1907). The Lloyds of Birmingham. Cornish Brothers.
- ISBN 978-0-7509-5969-8.
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