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LLOYD, Thomas, governor of Pennsylvania, born in
Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, Wales, about 1640; died in Pennsylvania, 10
September, 1694. He was graduated at Oxford in 1661, became a Quaker, and in
1664 was arrested and kept under surveillance till 1672, when Charles II
dispensed with the laws that inflicted punishment for religious offences.
He became a physician and enjoyed a large practice; but
in 1683 he and his family came to this country with William Penn, who made him
master of the rolls on 27 December He was chosen to the provincial council in
January, 1684, and as its president administered the government, after Penn
sailed for England in August, till 9 December, 1687, when he was one of an
executive commission of five that held power for ten months.
He was again elected to the council in 1689, and took
his seat in spite of the opposition of the governor, John Blackwell, with whom
he and others of the Quaker party had a controversy. Blackwell was removed from
office by Penn, and Lloyd was again chosen president of the council and
afterward commissioned lieutenant-governor by Penn, holding office in 1690-'3.
During his administration the schism headed by George Keith (q. v.) took place.
He published "An Epistle to my dear and well beloved
Friends of Dolobran." etc., dated 1682 (Philadelphia, 1788), and a "Letter to
John Eccles and Wife," dated 1682 (1805).
LLOYD, Thomas, governor of Pennsylvania, born in Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, Wales, about 1640; died in Pennsylvania, 10 September, 1694. He was graduated at Oxford in 1661, became a Quaker, and in 1664 was arrested and kept under surveillance till 1672, when Charles II. dispensed with the laws that inflicted punishment for religious offences. He became a physician and enjoyed a large practice; but in 1683 he and his family came to this country with William Penn, who made him master of the rolls on 27 December He was chosen to the provincial council in January, 1684, and as its president administered the government, after Penn sailed for England in August, till 9 December, 1687, when he was one of an executive commission of five that held power for ten months. He was again elected to the council in 1689, and took his seat in spite of the opposition of the governor, John Blackwell, with whom he and others of the Quaker party had a controversy. Blackwell was removed from office by Penn, and Lloyd was again chosen president of the council and afterward commissioned lieutenant-governor by Penn, holding office in 1690-'3. During his administration the schism headed by George Keith (q. v.) took place. He published "An Epistle to my dear and well beloved Friends of Dolobran." etc., dated 1682 (Philadelphia, 1788), and a "Letter to John Eccles and Wife," dated 1682 (1805
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