Background
His father was Meredith Lloyd of Llanelian-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire.
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George Lloyd
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Education
He was educated at the King"s School, Chester, and at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Career
He is remembered for Bishop Lloyd"s House in Chester, which he had built in the years before his death, and which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. He became a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge around 1586. He was rector of Heswall, Cheshire from 1597.
He became Bishop of Sodor and Manitoba in 1600, and Bishop of Chester in 1605.
In local politics, he opposed Robert Whitby, a nominee of Lord Ellesmere as clerk of the Pentice, who was building a family factional position in the city. Anne married secondly Theophilus Eaton, merchant, diplomat, and, later, one of the founders and the first governor of the New Haven Colony.
The Eatons emigrated to New England in 1637, aboard the Hector of London.
