The Lord Lloyd | |
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Leader of the House of Lords | |
In office 22 December 1940 – 4 February 1941 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | The Viscount Halifax |
Succeeded by | The Lord Moyne |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 12 May 1940 – 4 February 1941 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
Succeeded by | The Lord Moyne |
High Commissioner in Egypt | |
In office 1925–1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | The Viscount Allenby |
Succeeded by | Sir Percy Loraine, Bt |
Governor of Bombay | |
In office 16 December 1918 – 8 December 1923 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Willingdon |
Succeeded by | Sir Leslie Orme Wilson |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 16 November 1925 – 4 February 1941 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | Peerage created |
Succeeded by | The 2nd Lord Lloyd |
Member of Parliament for Eastbourne | |
In office 29 October 1924 – 15 November 1925 | |
Preceded by | Rupert Gwynne |
Succeeded by | Sir Reginald Hall |
Member of Parliament for West Staffordshire | |
In office 10 February 1910 – 14 December 1918 | |
Preceded by | Henry McLaren |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Olton Hall[1] | 19 September 1879
Died | 4 February 1941 Marylebone, London, England | (aged 61)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Hon. Blanche Lascelles
(m. 1911) |
Children | Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd |
Alma mater | |
George Ambrose Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd,[3] GCSI, GCIE, DSO, PC (19 September 1879 – 4 February 1941) was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who was strongly associated with the "Diehard" wing of the party. From 1937 to 1941, he was chairman of the British Council in which capacity he sought to ensure support for Britain's position during the Second World War.