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- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1767 (Publication)
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8vo, 1 volume
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Biographical history
LLOYD, ROBERT, son of Pierson Lloyd (qv); bapt. St. John’s, Smith Square, Westminster 17 May 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Apr 1740 (Lloyd's); KS 1746; Capt. of the School 1750; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1751, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1751, scholar 24 Apr 1752; BA 1755; MA 1758; contributed to the periodical The Connoisseur, of which Bonnell Thornton (qv) and George Colman (qv) were joint editors; Usher at the School c. 1758; joined Charles Churchill (qv) in a career of reckless dissipation; author, The Actor, 1760; supervised the poetical department of the periodical The Library, 1761-2; a collection of his own poems was published in 1762; edited St. James’s Magazine 1762-3; arrested for debt and confined in the Fleet Prison; his comic opera, The Capricious Lovers, was produced at Drury Lane 28 Nov 1764; his Poetical Works were edited by Dr. Kendrick 1774 (see vol. i, 151-3, and vol. ii, 176-82, for his Prologues and other school verses); described by William Cowper (qv) in his Epistle to Robert Lloyd, Esq., as “… born sole heir and single/ Of dear Mat. Prior’s easy jingle”; d. in the Fleet Prison 15 Dec 1764. DNB.
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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
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A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
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- English
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- Latin
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- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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- English
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- Latin