Sir Charles Lloyd

Sir Charles Lloyd, known as 1st Baronet was a Welsh merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659. As a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers, he was engaged in London trade and rose to prominence becoming a Master of the Drapers’ Company in 1655. He also served as commissioner of customs for Montgomeryshire from 1645 to 1649. Lloyd had a long and distinguished career in civic politics. He served as an alderman, city auditor (1655-1656), High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1669 and Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire on three occasions. Lloyd was on political plan promoter of the English Restoration and was created baronet of Garth in the county of Montgomery in 1661.