Margaret Lloyd (27 May 1709 – 8 September 1762) was a

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Moravian worker and activist, one of the early members of the Moravian congregation in

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. Hailing from

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in North Wales, she was the brother of Robert Lloyd (1707–1753), who became rector of

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. Lloyd moved to London and initially became a

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, but in 1740 she gravitated towards the Moravian church and became a full-time helper the following year. In 1743, Lloyd was assigned to supervise the Moravian Church in

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. She married Thomas Moore in Yorkshire on 27 August 1744. Due to their activism against German autocracy at the mission, which led to them being outcast for a period from the Moravian church. They later became accepted by

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, and Lloyd became renowned for her influence in the Moravian Brethren of North Wales. She died in

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on 8 September 1762 and was buried in the Brethren church cemetery in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Margaret Welsh Protestant missionaries Welsh activists Welsh women activists Moravian Church missionaries 1709 births 1762 deaths 18th-century Welsh people People from Conwy County Borough 18th-century Welsh women