Sampson Lloyd (iron manufacturer)

Sampson Lloyd
Sampson Lloyd
	Arms of Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, Wales (of which family were the Lloyd Quakers, bankers and steel manufacturers of Birmingham and Baron Lloyd of Dolobran: Azure, a chevron between three cocks argent armed crested and wattled or)
Born	1664; Welshpool, Wales
Died	3 January 1724 (aged 59–60)
Occupation	Ironmonger
Known for	Founding the Lloyd family of Birmingham
Spouses	; Elizabeth Good (died 1692) ; Mary Crowley (m. 1695)
Children	10, including Sampson Lloyd II
Relatives	Thomas Lloyd (uncle); Charles Lloyd (grandson);

Sampson Lloyd (1664 – 3 January 1724) was a Welsh iron manufacturer in Birmingham, then a small town in the county of Warwickshire, England, and was the founder of the Lloyd family of Birmingham, iron-founders and bankers, which went on to found Lloyds Bank, today one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom.

^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.1392-3

[1] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.1392-3

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Sampson Lloyd
Arms of Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, Wales (of which family were the Lloyd Quakers, bankers and steel manufacturers of Birmingham and Baron Lloyd of Dolobran: Azure, a chevron between three cocks argent armed crested and wattled or)^[1]
Born	1664 (1664) Welshpool, Wales
Died	3 January 1724(1724-01-03) (aged 59–60)
Occupation	Ironmonger
Known for	Founding the Lloyd family of Birmingham
Spouses	Elizabeth Good (died 1692) Mary Crowley (m. 1695)
Children	10, including Sampson Lloyd II
Relatives	Thomas Lloyd (uncle) Charles Lloyd (grandson)

Sampson Lloyd (iron manufacturer)

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