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Lloyd of Pengwern
Name
Edward Lloyd of Pengwern, c.1710-1795
Connection to Wilson
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Biographical Details
Edward Pryce Lloyd of Pengwern, between Rhuddlan and St Asaph, owned estates in Flintshire, Denbighshire and Caernarvonshire. He was much admired by his contemporaries for planting 442,000 trees, mostly oaks, on them. In 1778 he was created a baronet - a title later inherited by his eponymous nephew, who later became 1st Baron Mostyn.
Patronage of Works
P32 Portrait of Sir Edward Lloyd, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Updated by Compiler
2020-12-02 00:00:00