The Lloyds of Birmingham; with some account of the founding of Lloyds Bank

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First published c1907. A history of the Lloyd family and of its leading personalities, notably Sampson Lloyd and Charles Lloyd; of its businesses notably banking and Lloyds Bank but also its industrial interests in the Midlands, notably iron production and ironmongery; of the places with which the family was associated, notably Birmingham and Wednesbury. An appendix includes the prospectus issued in 1865 re formation of Lloyds Banking Co Ltd, first annual report 1865, balance sheets 1883 and 1906. Includes family tree. Chapters include: 'The Lloyds of Dolobran'; 'Charles Lloyd the Quaker'; 'The Lloyds come to Birmingham'; 'The second Sampson Lloyd and 'farm''; 'Birmingham's early trade'; 'The first Birmingham bank'; 'Financial storms'; 'End of the private partnership and the foundation of Lloyds Bank Ltd'; 'Personal recollections of Lloyds the bankers'; 'The third Sampson Lloyd and Betsy Fidoe'; 'Dr Johnson and Mark Knowles'; 'The Galtons'; 'Charles Lloyd of Bingley'; 'Charles Lloyd the poet'; 'Robert Lloyd and Charles Lamb'; 'Anna Braithwaite'; 'The first Samuel Lloyd'; 'The Lloyds of Wednesbury'