George Lloyd (1561–1615) was a Welsh bishop. He is remembered for Bishop Lloyd's Palace in Chester, which he had built in the years before his death, and which is now a Grade I listed building.^[1]^[2]

He was educated at the King's School, Chester, and at Jesus College, Cambridge.^[4] He became a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge around 1586. He was rector of Heswall, Cheshire from 1597. He became Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1600,^[5]^[6] and Bishop of Chester in 1605.

A former lecturer at Chester Cathedral, he was tolerant of Puritan views in his diocese.^[7] In local politics, he opposed Robert Whitby, a nominee of Lord Ellesmere as clerk of the Pentice, who was building a family factional position in the city.^[8]

His daughter Anne married Dr. David Yale, and then Theophilus Eaton, one of the founders of the New Haven Colony. They emigrated in 1637 to New England, on the Hector of London.^[9]^[10]

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Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Lloyd, George". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2005), p. 910.
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