Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd

The Right Honourable
The Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd PC
Minister of Education
	In office; 17 September 1957 – 14 October 1959
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded by	Sir David Eccles
Personal details
Born	17 January 1902
Died	12 September 1984 (aged 82)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd, PC (17 January 1902 – 12 September 1984), was a British Conservative politician.

Background and education

The eldest son of G. W. A. Lloyd of Newbury, Lloyd was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge (MA), during which time he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1925.

Political career

Lloyd contested South East Southwark in 1924 without success and Birmingham Ladywood in 1929, when he was defeated by just 11 votes. He was Private Secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for Air), 1926–1929, then to Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister, 1929, subsequently as Leader of the Opposition), 1929–1931.

He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood in 1931 with a 14,000 majority, holding the seat until 1945. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stanley Baldwin (Lord President of the Council), 1931–1935 and as Prime Minister in 1935. He held office as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1935–1939; as Secretary for Mines, 1939–1940; as Secretary for Petroleum, 1940–1942; as Chairman of the Oil Control Board, 1939–1945; as Minister in charge of Petroleum Warfare Department 1940–1945, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942–1945; and as Minister of Information in 1945. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1943.

He was a Governor of British Broadcasting Corporation, 1946–1949. He returned to Parliament as member for Birmingham King's Norton, 1950–1955, and for Sutton Coldfield from 1955 until February 1974. During this time he was Minister of Fuel and Power, 1951–1955 and Minister of Education, 1957-October 1959.

He changed his surname from Lloyd to Geoffrey-Lloyd by deed poll on 18 April 1974.^[1]

He was created a life peer 6 May 1974 as Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd, of Broomfield in the County of Kent.^[2]

Personal life

Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd died at age 82 from natural causes in Kent.

References

^ "No. 46272". The London Gazette. 23 April 1974. p. 5098.
^ "No. 46285". The London Gazette. 9 May 1974. p. 5667.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd
Who was Who
Newspaper clippings about Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Wilfrid Whiteley	Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood 1931–1945	Succeeded by Victor Yates
Preceded by Raymond Blackburn	Member of Parliament for Birmingham King's Norton 1950–1955	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Sir John Mellor, Bt	Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 1955 – February 1974	Succeeded by Norman Fowler
Political offices
Preceded by Harry Crookshank	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1935–1939	Succeeded by Osbert Peake
Preceded by Harry Crookshank	Secretary for Mines 1939–1940	Succeeded by David Grenfell
Preceded by Himself as Secretary for Mines	Secretary for Petroleum 1940–1942	Combined into Minister for Fuel and Power
Preceded by Himself as Secretary for Petroleum	Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power 1942–1945	Succeeded by Sir Austin Hudson, Bt
Preceded by Brendan Bracken	Minister for Information May–July 1945	Succeeded by Edward Williams
Preceded by Philip Noel-Baker	Minister of Fuel and Power 1951–1955	Succeeded by Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Preceded by The Viscount Hailsham	Minister of Education 1957–1959	Succeeded by Sir David Eccles

[1] "No. 46272". The London Gazette. 23 April 1974. p. 5098.

[2] "No. 46285". The London Gazette. 9 May 1974. p. 5667.

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Ministers of Fuel, Light and Power	Gwilym Lloyd George Manny Shinwell Hugh Gaitskell Philip Noel-Baker
Minister of Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power	Frederik Leathers
Ministers of Fuel and Power	Geoffrey Lloyd Aubrey Jones
Ministers of Power	Percy Mills Richard Wood Frederick Erroll
Ministers of Technology	Frank Cousins Tony Benn
Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry	John Davies Peter Walker
Secretaries of State for Energy	Peter Lord Carrington Eric Varley Tony Benn David Howell Nigel Lawson Peter Walker Cecil Parkinson John Wakeham
Presidents of the Board of Trade and Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry	Michael Heseltine Ian Lang Margaret Beckett Peter Mandelson Stephen Byers Patricia Hewitt Alan Johnson Alistair Darling
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Secretaries of State for Energy and Climate Change	Ed Miliband Chris Huhne Ed Davey Amber Rudd
Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Greg Clark Andrea Leadsom Alok Sharma Kwasi Kwarteng Jacob Rees-Mogg Grant Shapps Kemi Badenoch

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