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Sampson Lloyd | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Samson Lloyd | |
| Born | (1699-05-15)15 May 1699 |
| Died | 1779 (aged 79–80)Kingdom Of Great Britain |
| Known for | Co-foundingLloyds Bank |
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| Children | 11, includingCharles Lloyd[1] |
| Father | Sampson Lloyd |
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Sampson Lloyd II (15 May 1699 – 1779)[2] was an English iron manufacturer and banker, who co-foundedLloyds Bank.[3] He was a member of the notableLloyd family of Birmingham.
Sampson Lloyd was the third son ofSampson Lloyd (1664–1724) and Mary (née Crowley, sister ofAmbrose Crowley),Quakers ofWelsh origin, who had moved from theirLeominster,Herefordshire farm to Edgbaston Street inBirmingham in 1698.
After the death of his father in 1725, he and his older brother, Charles (1696–1741) bought the Town Mill and traded in iron. He also bought a forge inBurton upon Trent. After Charles' death in 1741, Lloyd became wealthy and in 1742 bought for £1,290 a 56-acre estate called "Owen's Farm" in the manor ofBordesley (in the area now known asSparkbrook) on the edge of the town of Birmingham. He retained the Tudor farmhouse and built aGeorgian mansion nearby which he called "Farm", now agrade II* listed building.
Lloyd continued to live partly in his former townhouse in Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, near his ironworks. In 1765, at the age of 66, he formed a company with his son (also named Sampson) and the leading Birmingham button makerJohn Taylor (1704–1775), and his son, creating Birmingham's first bank: Taylor's and Lloyds,[3] located at 7 Dale End. This is the bank that becameLloyds Bank, now part ofLloyds Banking Group.
Lloyd married twice. His first marriage in 1727 was to Sarah Parkes (1699–1729), daughter of Richard Parkes (died 1729). His son by this marriage, Sampson, was also a founder of another company, Taylor, Lloyd, Hanbury and Bowman inLombard Street inLondon.[3][4]
Lloyd's second wife, whom he married in 1731, was Rachel Champion (1712–1766), daughter of Nehemiah Champion (1678–1747).[5] There were four sons and two daughters who survived to adulthood of this second marriage, includingCharles Lloyd (1748–1828) the second son.[6] He was also a partner in the bank; his son,Charles Lloyd, the poet, was only briefly involved in banking.