Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, JOHN (1833 - 1915), political reformer and antiquary Descended from the Lloyd of Dinas (Brecon) family, whose original seat was at another Dinas, in the parish of Llanwrtyd. A member of this family, JOHN LLOYD (1748 - 1818), entered the service of the East India Company, fought against Tipu Sahib, and made a large fortune, out of which he bought the Abercynrig estate outside Brecon. His eldest son, JOHN LLOYD (born at Brecon 3 June 1797, died 15
LLOYD, JOHN (1638 - 1687), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and bishop of S. Davids
LLOYD, JOHN (Einion Môn; 1792 - 1834), schoolmaster and poet Gwyliedydd (1834, 288) describes him as a teacher in ' Sir John Cass's School ' - it is added that two of the duke of Wellington's sons were at that school, and that Lloyd tutored them at their home during vacations. He became a member of the London Gwyneddigion in 1827 (Leathart, Origin … of the Gwyneddigion, 110). He was also a member of the Cymreigyddion, becoming vice-president and official 'bard' of
LLOYD, JOHN (1480 - 1523), musician Born at Caerleon, Monmouthshire. The first reference to him occurs in 1505 - as a priest in the Chapel Royal. He was appointed parish priest of Munslow, Herefordshire, 18 September 1506. On 12 November 1511 he is given authority under the name of John Lloyd, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, to receive a ' Black Chamelot Gown.' In a list cf the officials of the Chapel Royal, 27 February 1518, he is
LLOYD, JOHN (1558? - 1603), cleric and scholar
LLOYD, JOHN (1885 - 1964), schoolmaster, author and local historian
LLOYD, JOHN (fl. 1833-1859), printer and publisher - see LLOYD, EVAN
LLOYD, JOHN (1748 - 1818) Abercynrig - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN (1797 - 1875) Dinas - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE (1815 - 1874), musician Born 14 June 1815, at Mold, Flintshire, the son of Enoch and Catherine Lloyd. The father, who was a cabinet maker, also preached with the Baptists and was, in 1830, ordained minister of Hill Cliffe Chapel, Warrington. When the family moved to Hill Cliffe, John Ambrose Lloyd moved to Liverpool where his brother Isaac was a schoolmaster. It was at Liverpool, in 1831, that he composed his first hymn
LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE (1840 - 1914), musician - see LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE
LLOYD, Sir JOHN CONWAY (1878 - 1954), public figure Llywelyn ap Gruffudd at Cefn-y-bedd than the one raised fifty years previously by S.P.M. Bligh, but he did not live to see the unveiling of the monument in 1956. He died 30 May 1954; his remains were cremated and the ashes were buried in the grave, at Mailleraye-sur-Seine, of his youngest son, John Richard, who lost his life when his aeroplane was shot down near Rouen on 22 June 1940. He lost his eldest

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