Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, JOHN (1733 - 1793), cleric and antiquary Christened 26 March 1733 at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, son of John Lloyd (died 1756) of Bodidris and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) of Gerddi Duon, Mold. Lloyd was, however, not of the old Lloyds of Bodidris; his grandfather was Richard Lloyd of Cwmbychan in Ardudwy (on Evan Lloyd of that family, see Pennant, Tours of Wales, 1883 edn., ii, 268). According to Yorke (Royal Tribes of Wales, 1887
LLOYD, JOHN (1638 - 1687), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and bishop of S. Davids of the university, 1682-5. He became rector of Llandawke,Carmarthenshire, in 1668, of Llangwm, Pembrokeshire, in 1671, and of Burton in 1672. He was made precentor of Llandaff, 9 April 1672, and treasurer on 10 May 1679. He was consecrated bishop of S. Davids at Lambeth 17 October 1686, holding Llandawke and Burton 'in commendam.' He was then in failing health, and according to his epitaph
LLOYD, JOHN (1749 - 1815), lawyer and dilettante two unmarried sisters, who bequeathed it to their niece Dorothea, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Clough of Denbigh; she married Richard Howard, vicar of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, and it was from the Howard family that the N.L.W. purchased the Wigfair papers described in the second portion of this article. John Lloyd was dubbed ' The Philosopher.' He possessed a large library of more than 10,000
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
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author J. Meirion Lloyd was born on 4 May 1913 in Corris, Merionethshire, the eldest of six children of David Richard Lloyd, a quarryman, and his wife Ruth (née Ellis). He attended primary school in Corris, but his father decided to move to London and set up a business selling slate in Bow, with an office in Corris. The family became faithful members of the Mile End Welsh Chapel, and it was there that
LLOYD, LUDOVIC (fl. 1573-1610), courtier, versifier, and compiler ' extension of his tenure, the latter escaped legal proceedings, a fact which may be taken to attest his popularity at court. His sale of his interest in the rectory and tithes of this parish to an agent of Richard Herbert, father of Edward, lord Herbert of Cherbury, led to protracted proceedings in the court of exchequer. The story that he financed the poet Spenser's funeral may or may not be true - it is
LLOYD, RICHARD (1771 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister 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
LLOYD, RICHARD (1834 - 1917), pastor of the Campbellite Church of the Disciples of Christ, Criccieth Born at Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, 12 July 1834, son of Dafydd and Rebecca Llwyd. His father was a shoemaker and the pastor of the Church of the Disciples of Christ, Pen-y-maes, Criccieth; after a short time at a Llanystumdwy school Richard Lloyd was apprenticed to his father and ultimately followed him both in the pastorate and in the business. He was ordained joint pastor with William
LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge both Cardiff and Radnorshire, sitting for the latter till his death on 5 May 1676, when he was buried at Wrexham. Another member of the family (not to mention, for the time being, David Owen, 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen') deserves some attention. A comparison of the charts in J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees, 330, 353, 269) shows that Sir Richard Lloyd had a sister Margaret who married Richard Anwyl of Parc. Their
LLOYD, RICHARD (1595 - 1659), Royalist divine and schoolmaster 5th son of Dafydd Llwyd o'r Henblas; his mother, daughter of Richard Owen Theodor of Penmynydd (sheriff of Anglesey in 1565 and 1573), and distantly related to the royal house, is also credited with some skill in poetry. Richard matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford (3 April 1612), and was presented to the rectory of Sonning and the vicarage of Tilehurst (Berks.), taking his B.D. in 1628 (7 May
LLOYD, RICHARD (d. 1663), governor of Oswestry - see LLOYD, EDWARD
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter . William Richard, the exhorter sent to North Wales, is reported to have said at the Association held at Builth, 1 February 1748/9: 'There is a door open to preach the word in flintshire, great many comes to hear and behave very quiet'. Robert Llwyd was probably one of the crowd. There was one class of society in the county which vehemently opposed the new religion, and the young tenant of Tarth-y-dŵr was

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