He was brought up at the Anson seat, Shugborough Hall and at Lord Mostyn's castle in Flintshire, Wales.
Lloyd entered Jesus College, Oxford, with a scholarship in 1819 (which he held until 1829), obtaining his B.A.
[1][2] He became chaplain to his cousin Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield and was also rector of Norbury, Staffordshire.
With the arrival of John William Colenso, the first bishop of Natal in 1854 Lloyd was involved in the 'Colenso Controversy'.
Lloyd married firstly Lucy Jeffreys (died 1843) the daughter of the Rev.