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Selwyn Lloyd

AKA John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd

Born: 28-Jul-1904
Birthplace: West Kirby, Merseyside, England
Died: 18-May-1978
Location of death: Oxfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76

Military service: British Army (Deputy Chief of Staff, British Second Army)

Father: John Wesley Lloyd ("Jack")
Mother: Mary Rachel Warhurst
Wife: Elizabeth Marshall (m. 1951, div. 1957, one daughter)

    High School: Fettes College, Edinburgh, Scotland
    University: Magdalene College, Cambridge University

    UK Speaker of the House of Commons (1971-76)
    UK Leader of the House of Commons (1963-64)
    Lord Privy Seal (1963-64)
    Chancellor of the Exchequer (1960-62)
    UK Foreign Secretary (1955-60)
    UK Minister of Defence (1955)
    UK Minister of Supply (1954-55)
    UK Member of Parliament for The Wirral (1945-76)
    UK City Council Hoylake Urban District Council (1932-40)
    Conservative Party (UK)
    Carlton Club
    Officer of the British Empire 1943
    Commander of the British Empire 1945
    Life Peerage 8-Mar-1976 as Baron Selwyn-Lloyd of Wirral

Author of books:
Suez 1956: A Personal Account (1978, memoir)


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