Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd, GCVO, KCB, DSO, DL (12 August 1853 – 26 February 1926) was a senior British Army officer.

He was the eldest son of Colonel Richard Lloyd, Grenadier Guards of Aston Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire, and his wife Lady Frances Hay, daughter of the 11th Earl of Kinnoul.

[12] He took part in the Nile Expedition and fought at the Siege of Khartoum in 1898, again being mentioned in despatches and receiving the Distinguished Service Order.

[3][6][13] After the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards was in March 1900 sent to reinforce British forces in South Africa.

[14] Lloyd was the battalion's commanding officer throughout the Second Boer War and was severely wounded at Biddulphsberg in the Orange River Colony.

[16] For his service in the war, Lloyd was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list (the award was dated to 29 November 1900),[17] and he received the actual decoration after his return, from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.

[3][6][23][24] On the occasion of the coronation of King George V in 1911 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

[3][6][25] During the First World War, he was responsible for the defence of London, particularly from attack by Zeppelins,[26] and was given delegated powers over trains and hospitals.