Charles Lloyd (philanthropist)

Charles Lloyd (1748–1828) was an English banker and philanthropist.

Born in Birmingham 22 August 1748, he was the second son of Sampson Lloyd, Quaker manufacturer and banker, a member of the Society of Friends, by his second wife, Rachel, daughter of Nehemiah Champion III of Bristol. He was educated at a school run by Ephraim Goodere, and then began work in his father's counting-house.

After his father's death Lloyd carried on the banking business with success. He was also a preacher and influential Quaker. He was a pioneers abolitionist working for the emancipation of the West Indian slaves, a supporter of the Bible Society and of non-sectarian education, and one of the founders of the Birmingham General Hospital.

Lloyd died on 16 January 1828. His residence, Bingley House, near Birmingham, gave its name to Bingley Hall.

Lloyd published a number of translations:

Lloyd married, on 13 May 1774, Mary, daughter of James Farmer of Birmingham; they had 15 children. His eldest son was Charles Lloyd (1775–1839) the poet; his eldest daughter, Priscilla, married Christopher Wordsworth. Another daughter Anna Braithwaite was a Quaker preacher who toured Britain, Ireland and the United States several times.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "". Dictionary of National Biography. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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