George Butler Lloyd
George Butler Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age Monkmoor Hall, Shrewsbury, England |
| Died | 28 March 1930 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Financier, politician |
| Known for | Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury (1913–1922) |
George Butler Lloyd (8 January 1854 – 28 March 1930) was a British financier and a politician affiliated with the Conservative Party.
He was the firstborn son of William Butler Lloyd (1825–1874), a banker associated with Monkmoor Hall in Shrewsbury and Preston Montford, Shropshire, and Jane Amelia, daughter of Reverend George Hunt from Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, as well as the sibling of cabinet minister George Ward Hunt. Born at Monkmoor Hall in 1854, his education was completed at Marlborough College followed by St John's College, Cambridge.
Lloyd entered the family banking enterprise, Burton, Lloyd and Company, which in 1886 merged with Rocke, Eyton and Company to establish Eyton, Burton, Lloyd and Company (known as the Salop Old Bank). He rose to become Senior Partner in this firm. In 1907, after the bank's acquisition by the Capital and Counties Bank, he was appointed as a director. Subsequently, this institution was absorbed in 1918 by Lloyds Bank Limited, which also retained him as a director.
His professional roles extended to directorship at the Birmingham branch of Northern Assurance Company Ltd and serving as deputy chairman of the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd located in Shrewsbury.
Lloyd fulfilled duties as a magistrate within Shropshire and Shrewsbury and led the Shrewsbury Borough Education Committee in 1907. He held governance responsibilities at Shrewsbury School, acted as Deputy Treasurer for the Royal Salop Infirmary, managed finances for the Atcham Poor Law Union, participated in the Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society, and served as Secretary of the South Shropshire Hunt.
His civic service included terms as Mayor of Shrewsbury during 1886–87 and again in 1888–89. He was an Alderman on Shrewsbury Borough Council from 1909 until 1920 and represented the Welsh Ward on Shropshire County Council from 1912 through 1925.
Politically, Lloyd secured election as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury in a by-election held in 1913 following the death of Sir Clement Lloyd Hill. Although his initial plan was to serve only until the subsequent general election expected by 1915, he remained in office due to postponements caused by World War I. The Conservative Party had chosen George Ambrose Lloyd for the anticipated election, but wartime delays prevented this candidacy. During the 1918 general election after the war, Lloyd contested as a Coalition Coupon candidate for the newly formed county constituency of Shrewsbury. He stepped down at the general election in 1922.
In his personal life, he married Constance Mary Jenkins in 1880, daughter of Colonel Richard Jenkins. They had four children: two sons and two daughters.
His main home was Shelton Hall near Shrewsbury. George Butler Lloyd passed away there on 28 March 1930 at age seventy-six and was interred at Shrewsbury General Cemetery.