Arthur Thomas Lloyd (13 December 184429 May 1907) was an Anglican bishop. He served as

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( suffragan bishop to the

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, 1894–1903) and as Bishop of Newcastle (1903–1907).

Family and education

The son of Henry W. Lloyd, vicar of Cholsey, and Georgiana Etough, and a brother to F. C. Lloyd (who became vicar of Cholsey, 1890–1895, and later vicar of

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, Surrey), Arthur was educated at Magdalen School and

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Priest

Ordained a priest by

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, on 21 February 1869 at St Luke's Maidenhead, his first post was as his father's curate at

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(1868–1873), his second was curate-in-charge of

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(1873–1876), from where he moved to become vicar of Aylesbury (1876–1882). After some time as the first vicar of

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after the parish church became

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(he was also an

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and

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), he was appointed to be vicar of

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and

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, becoming also the first modern

( suffragan to the

) in 1894.

Bishop

He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

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, on St Luke's Day (18 October) 1894. In 1903 he was

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(he was nominated on 11 May and installed on 4 June) to become the third Bishop of Newcastle and died in post four years later.

Death and legacy

A bachelor who had "always lived" with his sisters, Lloyd died on 29 May 1907 at his sister's house in

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. He was buried "as a commoner" on 3 June at St James's parish church, Benwell, where he had lived at Benwell Towers, the bishop's palace; there is, however, an alabaster memorial to him at Newcastle Cathedral. The cathedral memorial was unveiled at a large service on 29 July 1919. On 11 March 2012,

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, Bishop of Newcastle, rededicated Lloyd's grave at Benwell, following its restoration after serious neglect.Diocese of Newcastle — Bishop of Newcastle rededicates predecessor’s restored grave
(Accessed 10 April 2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Arthur Thomas 1844 births 1907 deaths People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Archdeacons of Lynn Bishops of Thetford Bishops of Newcastle 20th-century Church of England bishops