Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd (born 9 June 1942) is a former British

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and broadcaster.

Early life

Nicholas Markley Lloyd was born on 9 June 1942 in Luton, Bedfordshire, the son of Walter and Sybil Lloyd. He was educated at

Bedford Modern School Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school in Bedford, England. The school has its origins in The Harpur Trust, born from the endowments left by Sir William Harpur in the six ...

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any universit ...

, and

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for the Advanced Management Program.

Career

Lloyd started his career as a reporter at the ''

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'' in 1964. He was made Education Correspondent at ''

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...

'' in 1966 and was made its Deputy News Editor in 1968. In 1970 he moved to '' The Sun'' where he was made News Editor and, in 1972, became Assistant Editor at the ''

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''. In 1976, Lloyd returned to '' The Sun'' where he was made Assistant Editor before joining the '' Sunday Mirror'' in 1980 as Deputy Editor. Lloyd edited the '' Sunday People'' from 1982 to 1983, then moved to edit the ''

'' for a year from 1984, and finally edited the ''

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'' from 1986 to 1995.Inside Story: The ex-editors' files
, ''

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'', 9 May 2005 Lloyd received a

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in the 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. He presented a breakfast show on LBC 97.3, a London radio station, from 1997 to 1999. Since 2010, he has been the chairman of the public relations consultancy BLJ London.

Family life

Lloyd married journalist

Eve Pollard Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, (''née'' Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers. Early life and education Pollard was born in Paddington, London.BB ...

in 1979; the couple have a son, Oliver. He also has three children from his previous marriage: Justin, Rachael and James Lloyd. Pollard's daughter from a previous marriage, television personality

Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, radio personality, film critic and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on weeknights on BBC Two. Since ...

, is his step-daughter.

References

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