Horatio Lloyd

Sir Horatio Lloyd (29 September 1829 – 1 January 1921)[1][2] was a county court judge and chairman of the Quarter Sessions of Chester and Recorder of Chester.

Lloyd was born in Chester, the son of a lawyer who was Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown for the Chester and North Wales Circuit. Many of his family were in the legal profession. In 1874 he was appointed County Court Judge for the Chester and North Wales Circuit.[1]

He was knighted in the 1890 Birthday Honours, but was forced to resign in 1906 because of ill-health.[3]

A Freemason, Lloyd was at one time Deputy Grand Master of Cheshire.[4]

References
  1. "Death of Sir Horatio Lloyd, Recorder of Chester for over 50 years". The Observer. 1 January 1921.
  2. "Sir Horatio Lloyd, Recorder of Chester (1866–1921) | Art UK". artuk.org.
  3. The Law Times: The Journal and Record of the Law and the Lawyers. Published at the office of The Law Times. 1906. p. 34.
  4. The Freemason's Chronicle. W.W. Morgan. 1900. p. 302.


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