Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge The son of Evan Lloyd of Dulasau, Caernarfonshire (not of Primus Lloyd of Marrington, as in D.N.B.). His family had been settled for centuries in the neighbourhood of Penmachno, claiming descent from a bastard son of Dafydd, brother of prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd; he was nephew to a vicar of Ruabon and first cousin to three other North Wales incumbents, and a bishop of Bangor (Humphrey Lloyd
LLOYD, RICHARD (1595 - 1659), Royalist divine and schoolmaster ). When the Long Parliament nominated members of the proposed Assembly of Divines, Lloyd was the Denbighshire nominee (25 April 1642), but his name was not included in the final list. He was deprived of his livings on the outbreak of war, suffered several terms of imprisonment, and retired to Oxford, where he taught in a private school, wrote a Latin grammar and other school books (titles in Wood
LLOYD, RICHARD (d. 1663), governor of Oswestry - see LLOYD, EDWARD
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter The son of Edward and Maria Lloyd of Nant, in the township of Cilcain, Flintshire. He was the second of three children - Mary born in 1714, Robert 12 November 1716, and David in 1720. Their father died in 1727. In 1746 Robert married a local girl named Dorothy and went to live at Tarth-y-dŵr cottage, Cilcain, and it was shortly after this that he showed a tendency to take his religion seriously
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer Born in Penybryn, Bethel, Llandderfel, Merionethshire, 29 February 1888, the youngest son of John and Winifred Lloyd. He was baptized by Michael Daniel Jones. He was educated at Sarnau school and after working for a period with his father on the farm, he married in 1913 Annie Williams, Derwgoed, Llandderfel. Thereafter he farmed Derwgoed until he retired in 1944. In this connection, he was one of
LLOYD, SARAH (1727 - 1807), first matron of the Trevecka Family - see LLOYD, SIMON
LLOYD, SARAH (1727 - 1807), first matron of the Trevecka family - see LLOYD, SIMON
LLOYD, SIMON (1756 - 1836), Methodist cleric Methodist cleric of Plas-yn-dre, Bala (which, says Edward Lhuyd, was the largest house in the town - it was in a storehouse attached to it that the Independents of Bala assembled before the building of their chapel); the Lloyd family of Plas-yn-dre were a branch of the Lloyd family of Rhiwaedog - and see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 234, 383), and the name 'Simon' was hereditary. A SIMON LLOYD of
LLOYD, THOMAS (1765 - 1789), Unitarian minister and Academy tutor Born at Coedlannaufawr, Llanwenog, in 1765. His father was John, brother of David Lloyd (1845 - 1863) of Brynllefrith. He was educated at Davis of Castell-hywel's school, at Carmarthen Academy (1782-6), and Hoxton academy (1784-5). In March 1786 he was appointed tutor in classics and mathematics at 'Carmarthen' Academy (which at that time was located at Swansea), where he remained until his death
LLOYD, THOMAS (Crych Elen; 1841 - 1909), musician
LLOYD, THOMAS (1673? - 1734), cleric and lexicologist son of Thomas Lloyd, attorney at law at Wrexham, of the family of Plas Madog, Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire; the mother was a Myddelton. On 25 February 1688/9, 'aged 15,' he matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford (B.A. 1692, M.A. 1695); he took orders, served as curate in the Wrexham district, was tutor at Chirk castle, and became chaplain to Mary Myddelton of Croesnewydd, who bequeathed Plas
LLOYD, THOMAS ALWYN (1881 - 1960), architect and town planner Born 11 August 1881 in Liverpool, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones Lloyd. The family came from a strong nonconformist tradition in Denbighshire, and Lloyd inherited a deep love for rural Wales and for Welsh culture. He was educated at Liverpool College and at the University of Liverpool where he studied architecture in the university's Architecture School. From 1907 to 1912, he was an

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