John Maurice Edward Lloyd (7 May 1844 – 21 January 1910) was a

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er and barrister. Lloyd was born in January 1844 at Llanmerewig, Montgomeryshire, the second of three sons of the Reverend John Lloyd (1810–1891), of Castell Forwyn, Abermule, Montgomeryshire, rector of Llanmerewig from 1844 to 1878, and his wife Marianne (d. 1850), daughter of Edward Davies, of Rhydwhiman. The Lloyd family had lived in the town of Montgomery for centuries, descending from Maurice Lloyd, Capital Bailiff of Montgomery in 1686. His elder brother, William Llewellyn Lloyd, succeeded their father as head of the family. Lloyd was educated at

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, matriculating at

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in 1864, where he graduated B.A. in 1869, M.A. in 1872. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in

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for

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against the

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in 1866. Opening the batting in the Oxford first-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by Isaac Walker. A student of

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, he was

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in April 1872, where he specialised as an equity draftsman and conveyancer. In 1898, Lloyd married Alice Norton, daughter of Major-General Charles Stirling Dundas, son of the 26th Chief of

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. Her mother, Mary Louisa, was daughter of Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Baronet. Their elder son was

John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd (28 April 1900 – 13 December 1978), generally known as J. D. K. Lloyd or The Widow Lloyd, was an antiquarian researcher, public servant and notable figure in the memoirs of many of the notable figures of the twentiet ...

, an antiquarian researcher and public servant. Lloyd died at his home, Plas Trefaldwyn, Montgomery- owned by the Lloyd family since the 1700sBurke's Landed Gentry, 17th edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952, p. 1539- in January 1910.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, John 1844 births 1910 deaths People from Paddington People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Welsh cricketers Oxford University cricketers Members of Lincoln's Inn Welsh barristers