LLOYD, RICHARD (1771 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister

Name: Richard Lloyd
Date of birth: 1771
Date of death: 1834
Parent: Jane Lloyd (née Prichard)
Parent: William Lloyd
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins

Born at Nantdaenog, Llantrisant, Anglesey, sixth child of William Lloyd and his wife Jane - she was a daughter of the famous old dissenter William Prichard (1702 - 1773) of Clwchdernog. His paternal grandfather was David Lloyd ap Rhys (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 100), and in his articles in Goleuad Cymru, Richard Lloyd used to sign himself ' Rhisiart William Dafydd.' He joined the Methodist society at Gwalchmai in 1789, and began to exhort in 1794. He married in 1800, and went to keep a draper's shop at Beaumaris. Like his friend and fellow-islander John Elias, he was ordained at Bala in 1811. He died 25 May 1834, aged 63, and was buried at Llanfaes - John Elias was buried in the next grave. Lloyd is described as a witty and companionable man, a bit of a poet, and a good preacher.

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Published date: 1959

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