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Sampson Lloyd was the third son of Sampson Lloyd (1664–1724) and Mary (née Crowley, sister of Ambrose Crowley), Quakers of Welsh origin, who had moved from their Leominster, Herefordshire farm to Edgbaston Street in Birmingham in 1698.
Lloyd provided his three eldest sons with partnerships in both the Lloyd iron firm and the Birmingham bank. His fourth son, John, was placed in London where he became a partner in the Hanbury tobacco concern in 1772 and in the Hanbury bank in 1790.
By his second wife Mary Crowley he had four sons and two daughters including: Charles Lloyd (1696–1741), eldest son and heir, who after his father's death and in partnership with his younger brother Samuel Lloyd, acquired the Town Mills in Birmingham.
Sampson and Mary had three children: Charles, born in 1697, Ambrose, born in 1698, and Sampson, born in 1699. On his arrival in Birmingham, Sampson senior opened an iron warehouse and became a successful iron merchant. Sampson and his son, Sampson II erected a slitting mill at the bottom of Bradford Street, near the centre of the town, powered ...
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.
Feb 14, 2022 · The story began in Welshpool in Mid Wales, where Sampson Lloyd Snr was born in 1664 in difficult circumstances. His parents, Charles and Elizabeth had been detained for refusing to swear an...
Sampson Lloyd I, a Welsh Quaker, became a wealthy iron merchant in Birmingham. One of his sons was Sampson II (1699-1779), who, together with a button maker called John Taylor, founded the bank of Taylors and Lloyds of Birmingham in 1765.
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