Ifor Bowen Lloyd

His Honour Ifor Bowen Lloyd (9 September 1902 – 23 July 1990), was a British Judge and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Lloyd was elder son of the Rev. Thomas Davies Lloyd, who was the Vicar of Cricklewood[1] and Mrs Margaret Lloyd. He was educated at Winchester and Exeter College, Oxford where he received a BA in Modern History in 1924. While at Oxford he was a member of the Library Committee of the Oxford Union Society.[2] In 1938 he married Naomi Bancroft. They had one son and one daughter.[3]

Professional career

Lloyd was called to Bar by the Inner Temple in 1925. He became a King's Counsel in 1951. He became a County Court Judge. He was appointed a Bencher in 1959, and worked as a Circuit Judge. From 1964 to 1976 he was Judge of Wandsworth County Court.[4]

Political career

Lloyd was Liberal candidate for the Burton division of Staffordshire at the 1929 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Chertsey division of Surrey at the 1931 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.[5]

Electoral record

General Election 1929: Burton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Rt Hon. John Gretton 18,243 52.6
Labour William Thomas Paling 10,511 30.3
Liberal Ifor Bowen Lloyd 5,943 17.1
Majority 22.3
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1931: Chertsey[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter 35,371 79.6
Liberal Ifor Bowen Lloyd 9,063 20.4
Majority 26,308 59.2
Turnout 68.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1931
  2. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1929
  3. ↑ ‘LLOYD, His Honour Ifor Bowen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 March 2015
  4. ↑ ‘LLOYD, His Honour Ifor Bowen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 March 2015
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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