Sampson Lloyd II (15 May 1699 – 1779) was an English iron manufacturer and banker, who co-founded

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. He was a member of the notable

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Career

Sampson Lloyd was the third son of

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(1664–1724) and Mary (née Crowley, sister of

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of Welsh origin, who had moved from their

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farm to Edgbaston Street in

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in 1698.

After the death of his father in 1725, he and his older brother, Charles (1696–1741) bought the Town Mill and traded in iron. He also bought a forge in

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. After Charles' death in 1741, Lloyd became wealthy and in 1742 bought for £1,290 a 56-acre estate called "Owen's Farm" in the manor of Bordesley (in the area now known as

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) on the edge of the town of Birmingham. He retained the Tudor farmhouse and built a

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mansion nearby which he called "

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", now a

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. Lloyd continued to live partly in his former town-house in Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, near his ironworks. In 1765, at the age of 66, he formed a company with his son (also named Sampson) and the leading Birmingham button maker John Taylor (1704–1775), and his son, creating Birmingham's first bank: Taylor's and Lloyds, located at 7 Dale End. This is the bank which became

, now part of

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Personal life

Lloyd married twice. His first marriage in 1727 was to Sarah Parkes (1699–1729), daughter of Richard Parkes (died 1729). His son by this marriage, Sampson, was also a founder of another company, Taylor, Lloyd, Hanbury and Bowman in Lombard Street in

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. Lloyd's second wife, whom he married in 1731, was Rachel Champion (1712–1766), daughter of Nehemiah Champion (1678–1747). There were four sons and two daughters who survived to adulthood of this second marriage, including Charles Lloyd (1748–1828) the second son. He was also a partner in the bank; his son, Charles Lloyd, the poet, was only briefly involved in banking.

References

Sources

*''A History of Birmingham'', Chris Upton, 1993, *''The Lloyds of Lloyds Bank - An examination into Family History'', Gilbert.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Sampson 1699 births 1779 deaths 18th-century English businesspeople English bankers English families English ironmasters English people of Welsh descent English Quakers Lloyd family of Birmingham Lloyds Banking Group people People from Birmingham, West Midlands People of the Industrial Revolution