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Sampson Lloyd II (15 May 1699 – 1779) was an English iron manufacturer and banker, who co-founded Lloyds Bank. He was a member of the notable Lloyd family of Birmingham.
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.
Lloyds Bank started life as Taylors & Lloyds in Birmingham in 1765. It was founded by Sampson Lloyd, John Taylor and their two sons. Sampson and John were already well-established businessmen before they set up what was Birmingham’s first bank. For its first 99 years, the business thrived from just a single office.
Charles' son, Sampson Lloyd I left Dolobran to escape the continued persecution of Quakers. He went to live in Birmingham, a much safer place for Quakers at the time, as it was not a corporate borough.
Sampson Lloyd (I) born 1664 at Anne Eccleston's in Welshpool Goal. died aged 60 on 3 January 1724. mother - Elizabeth Lort (1633–1685) - daughter of Sampson Lort. father - Charles Lloyd (II) -1698) . married - Elizabeth Good (died 1692), by whom he had four daughters. Children.
Sampson Samuel Lloyd (10 November 1820 – 3 March 1889) was a British banker and Conservative Party politician. He became chairman of Lloyds Bank and held a seat in the House of Commons for six years between 1874 and 1885.
Sampson Lloyd’s father ( Sampson I ), fled Wales for Birmingham at the end of the 17th century, to escape persecution for his Quaker beliefs. Sampson II, also a prominent Quaker, followed his father into the iron trade.
Sampson Samuel Lloyd, a great-great-grandson of Sampson Lloyd III, became chairman in 1869. He oversaw Lloyds' mergers with seven banks, including its two London agents, Bosanquet, Salt and Company and Barnetts, Hoares, Hanbury and Lloyd, both in 1884.
Sampson Lloyd’s father had fled Wales for Birmingham at the end of the 17th century, to escape persecution for his Quaker beliefs. Sampson, also a prominent Quaker, followed his father into the iron trade.
Sampson Lloyd, iron manufacturer and banker. 1699 Born in Birmingham on 15 July, the second son of Sampson Lloyd (1664-1725), a Quaker ironmonger, and his second wife, Mary.
