Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd,
PC (born Geoffrey William Lloyd; 17 January 1902 – 12 September 1984), was a British
Conservative
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politician. He was a
Member of Parliament across three different constituencies from 1931 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1974, and served in several ministerial roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
Background and education
The eldest son of G. W. A. Lloyd of
Newbury, Geoffrey William Lloyd was born in
Paddington
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on 17 January 1902.
He was educated at
Harrow School
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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(MA), during which time he was President of the
Cambridge Union Society
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in 1925.
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Political career
Lloyd contested South East Southwark in 1924 without success and Birmingham Ladywood
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in 1929, when he was defeated by just 11 votes.[ He was Private Secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare (]Secretary of State for Air
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), 1926–1929, then to Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (3 August 186714 December 1947), was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was prominent in the political leadership of the United Kingdom between the world wars. He was prime ministe ...
(Prime Minister
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, 1929, subsequently as Leader of the Opposition
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), 1929–1931.[
He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood in 1931 with a 14,000 majority, holding the seat until his defeat in 1945.][ He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stanley Baldwin (]Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lor ...
), 1931–1935 and as Prime Minister in 1935. He held office as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
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, 1935–1939; as Secretary for Mines, 1939–1940; as Secretary for Petroleum, 1940–1942; as Chairman of the Oil Control Board, 1939–1945; as Minister in charge of Petroleum Warfare Department 1940–1945, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942–1945; and as Minister of Information in 1945. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor
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in 1943.[
He was a Governor of ]British Broadcasting Corporation
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from 1946 to 1949.[ He returned to Parliament as member for Birmingham King's Norton from 1950 to 1955, when the seat was abolished by boundary changes.][ He was then the MP for ]Sutton Coldfield
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from 1955 until February 1974.[ During this time he was Minister of Fuel and Power, 1951–1955 and ]Minister of Education
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from 1957 to 1959.[
He changed his surname from Lloyd to Geoffrey-Lloyd by ]deed poll
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Etymology
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on 18 April 1974.
He was created a life peer
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6 May 1974 as Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd, of Broomfield in the County of Kent. Broomfield was chosen because of Leeds Castle; he was a longtime friend of its owner, Olive, Lady Baillie
Olive, Lady Baillie (24 September 1899 – 9 September 1974) was an Anglo-American heiress, landowner and hostess. She is best known as the owner of Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, England. On her death the castle was bequeathed to a charita ...
, and after she died later that year, he was named chairman of the castle's trust.[
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Death
Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd died at his home in Westminster
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on 12 September 1984, at the age of 82.[
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