Lloyd family (Birmingham)
The Lloyd family of Birmingham were a prominent Quaker family who moved to Birmingham, England, from Dolobran Hall near Meifod, Powys (previously in Montgomeryshire),[1] Wales in the seventeenth century. 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.
Origins
Main article: Dolobran, Montgomeryshire
The Lloyd Family and the First World War
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.
Prominent Members
- Sampson Lloyd
- Charles Lloyd (poet)
- Sampson Lloyd (MP)
- John Henry Lloyd, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, 1901-1902
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.
- ↑ Roberts, Sian (2014). Great war britain birmingham : remembering 1914-18. [S.l.]: The History Press Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7509-5969-8.
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