George Lloyd (politician)

George Alfred Lloyd (14 November 1815 – 25 December 1897) was an Australian politician, elected as a member for Newcastle from 1869 to 1877, 1880 to 1882 and 1885 to 1887.

Lloyd was born in Norwood, Surrey, England and educated at Aske's Hospital School, London.

He returned to London in 1855 and his company, Lloyd, Beilby & Co., acted as commercial agents to the Government of New South Wales until 1859, when he went bankrupt due to losses on his shipping business.

[1] Lloyd won the seat of Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly against James Martin, three times premier, in December 1869, advocating free trade, immigration, compulsory education, railway extension and a local harbour trust.

Lloyd died on 25 December 1897(1897-12-25) (aged 82), at his home, Scotforth, in the Sydney suburb of Elizabeth Bay, survived by five sons and three daughters.