John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd

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John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd (28 April 1900 – 13 December 1978), generally known as J. D. K. Lloyd, was born on 28 April 1900 , in Kensington, London. He was the elder son (his younger brother was Wyndham Edward Buckley Lloyd, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1901-1980) of John Maurice Edward Lloyd, M.A., a barrister of Lincoln's Inn.

He went to Winchester School and Trinity College Oxford (M.A.), and was the founder of the Hypocrites' Club, which included among its members Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Robert Byron and many other prominent figures of the time; he received the nickname 'the Widow' in reference to a shaving lotion, 'The Widow Lloyd's Euxesis'. Lloyd's name appears in conjunction with this nickname in the journals and letters of many of his contemporaries for decades afterward.

Following his education he embarked on a long life devoted to antiquarian research and to his community.

Public service career

1929-1946: Secretary of the council for the preservation of rural Wales.

1934: Justice of the Peace

1937-1967: Secretary of the Powysland Club.

1940: High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire

1948-1951: Chairman of the Montgomeryshire Health Executive Council

1953-1955: Chairman of Montgomeryshire Planning Committee

1956-1969: editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis

1957-1974: Chairman of the Montgomeryshire County library Committee

1957: Awarded OBE

1960: Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Powys

1969: Honorary LLD from the University of Wales

Mayor of Montgomery: 1932-1938 and 1961–1962

Member of the Historic Buildings Council for Wales

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

J. D. K. Lloyd wrote many articles and guides to Montgomery. He donated Dolforwyn Castle to the Welsh Ancient Monument Board (now Cadw) in 1955.

He died on 13 December 1978