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6th Son, Rector of Llanrwst 1596, Bishop of the Isle of Man 1559, Bishop of Chester 1604
George Lloyd was the Lord Bishop of Chester, England.  George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester, was the fifth son of MEREDYDD (LLOYD) AP JOHN AP MEREDYDD LLWYD of Beaumaris, he was born at Bryn Euryn, Llandrillo yn Rhos, which his mother JANET CONWY, inherited through her father, HUGH CONWY FYCHAN, a descendant of MARCHUDD, founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales. He was a scholar of King's School, Chester, from 1575-9, entering Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1579, and graduating B.A. in 1583, M.A. 1586, B.D. 1593, D.D. 1598. He became a Fellow of Magdalene ca. 1586, sinecure rector of Llanrwst, 1597, of Heswall, 1579-1613, and of Bangor Iscoed, 1612-15. In 1600 he was consecrated bishop of Sodor and Man, exchanging the see in Dec. 1604 for that of Chester, where he reversed the anti-Puritan policy of his Welsh predecessor Richard Vaughn (q.v.), formerly bishop of Bangor. He died 1 August 1615 and was buried in Chester cathedral, where he is commemorated by a mural inscription (text in Ormerod, "Cheshire", 1882 ed., i, 192). In the year of his death he bought Pant Iocyn, near Wrexham (formerly the residence of the Almers (q.v.) which remained the home of his family until 1634.  SOURCES: 1. Dictionary of National Biography, page 579.

George Lloyd was graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge and received his final D.D. degree in 1598. In 1600 he was consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Mann, removing to the see of Chester in Dec., 1604 where he was Bishop 1604-1615. During his time there he reversed the anti-Puritan policy of his Welch predecessor, Richard Vaughn. He is buried in the Chester Cathedral, under the choir.  "In Lloyd's time, the Bishop's Palace at Chester was in a building extending from the west end of the cathedral, but in addition to this, Bishop Lloyd also owned a finely timbered, private town house on Watergate Street, still standing and called 'Bishop Lloyd's House.' Its elaborate facade contains carvings of Biblical scenes, and, long an architectual landmark, it is even mentioned in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Once used as a school for girls, it now belongs to the Chester Corporation." (Robert Joseph Curfman, "The Yale Descent from Braiose & Clare Through Pigott of Buckinghamshire," The American Genealogist, Vol 56," 1980: pg. 103.)  In 1615 Bishop Lloyd purchased Pant Locyn in Denbighshire near Wrexham, a residence built by the Almer family about 1554-58 and held by Lloyd's descendants until 1634.  His memorial tablet at Chester Cathedral, missing before 1727, is translated as follows: "Untimely death sealed within this tomb the heart of George Lloyd, whose memory Chester holds in reverence. A native of Wales, he became a Doctor of Theology at Cambridge University and a leader of theologians...He died greatly lamented. Neither in his life nor in his death was there any shame." (Robert Joseph Curfman, "The Yale Descent from Braiose & Clare Through Pigott of Buckinghamshire," The American Genealogist, Vol 56," 1980: pg. 104.) Also see NEHGSR 53:82.