Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, JOHN (1638 - 1687), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and bishop of S. Davids the son of Morgan Lloyd of Pendine, he came of an ancient Carmarthenshire family. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, 10 March 1656-7, graduated B.A. 1659, M.A. 1662, B.D. on 15 March 1669/70, and D.D. in 1674. He became a Fellow of Jesus College soon after the Restoration, and was senior Fellow when, in 1673, he was elected principal to succeed Sir Leoline Jenkins. He was vice-chancellor
LLOYD, JOHN (1749 - 1815), lawyer and dilettante was descended from the two ancient families of Wigfair (frequently, and from an early date, written ' Wickwer') near S. Asaph, and of Hafodunos (more strictly, Hafodunnos), in Llangernyw, Denbighshire; both houses were of the 'Fifteen Tribes' of North Wales, and had provided sheriffs for their respective shires. Wigfair and Hafodunos had become united by the marriage of Howel Lloyd of Wigfair
LLOYD, JOHN (1558? - 1603), cleric and scholar
LLOYD, JOHN (1748 - 1818) Abercynrig - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN (1797 - 1875) Dinas - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN (fl. 1833-1859), printer and publisher - see LLOYD, EVAN
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 Born 18 April 1878, in Dinas Mansion, Brecknockshire, the only son of Thomas Conway Lloyd and his wife Katherine Eliza Campbell-Davys of Neuadd-Fawr, near Llandovery. His mother died when he was only four years old and he lost his father in 1893. He was educated at Broadstairs School, Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford. On a journey to the continent in 1899, he met Marion Clive Jenkins at Florence
LLOYD, Sir JOHN EDWARD (1861 - 1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig Born 5 May 1861 in Liverpool, son of Edward Lloyd, J.P., and Mary Lloyd (née Jones). The family's ancestral home was Penygarnedd, near Pen-y-bont-fawr in Montgomeryshire, and J.E. Lloyd never lost his feeling for this background nor his affection for the area. He was, at first, intended for the Congregationalist ministry, and for a considerable time he was a lay preacher in the denomination. It
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, JOHN MORGAN (1880 - 1960), musician Born 19 August 1880, at Pentre, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, of a musical and religious family. His father, John Lloyd (an outfitter, who lived at Glan-y-don, Barry, and died 1910) was of Montgomeryshire stock and was one of the chief founders of Penuel Welsh church (Presb.), Barry. His mother was a native of Treforest, grandchild of Benjamin Williams, minister of Saron, Pontypridd, and she was the

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