Background
Lloyd was born in West Kirby in Merseyside, but then in the country of Cheshire, was the son of John Wesley Lloyd, a dental surgeon, and his wife, Mary Rachel Warhurst. He was educated at Fettes College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union and the Cambridge University Liberal Club.
He was married in the Wirral in 1951 to Elizabeth Marshall, his secretary and the daughter of Roland Marshall of West Kirby. She was 23 years his junior. The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1957. They had a daughter.
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