Sampson Lloyd (iron manufacturer)
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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.
For other people with the same name, see Sampson Lloyd (disambiguation).
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Born | 1664 (1664) Welshpool, Wales |
Died | 3 January 1724(1724-01-03) (aged 59–60) |
Occupation | Ironmonger |
Known for | Founding the Lloyd family of Birmingham |
Spouses | Elizabeth Good (died 1692)Mary Crowley (m. 1695) |
Children | 10, including Sampson Lloyd II |
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