Sampson Lloyd (iron manufacturer)
Sampson Lloyd | |
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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 |
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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.