Background
Lloyd was the eldest son of George Braithwaite Lloyd, of The Farm in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and his wife Mary, the daughter of John P. Dearman (also from Sparkbrook).
Lloyd was the eldest son of George Braithwaite Lloyd, of The Farm in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and his wife Mary, the daughter of John P. Dearman (also from Sparkbrook).
He was educated at private schools and became a Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) for Warwickshire and for City of Birmingham.
He became chairman of Lloyds Bank and held a seat in the House of Commons for six years between 1874 and 1885. By 1884 he was chairman of Lloyds Bank. Foreign several years he was also chairman of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom.
He was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for Parliament, firstly at a by-election in July 1867 in the Liberal Party stronghold of Birmingham, and then at the 1868 general election in Birmingham.
He held the seat for five years, until his defeat at the 1880 general election by the Liberal Peter Macliver. Lloyd was returned to the Commons at a by-election in November 1884 for South Warwickshire.
He held that seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election, when he was defeated by the Liberal Lord William Compton in the new Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire.
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At the 1874 general election he was elected as a member of parliament (Member of Parliament) for Plymouth, winning a seat that had been held since 1865 by the Liberals.