Reference
SP12/1/7
Title
Notes on Mr R. S. Lloyd (1856-1915)
Date free text
c1966
Production date
From: 1966 To: 1966
Scope and Content
Mr Hayward Tyler was brother-in-law to Theodore Lloyd Senior, the two having married sisters (nee Newman), and, as Theodore Lloyd was an uncle of Robert Luke Howard, it was through him that Robert Luke Howard bought the business on Hayward Tyler's death.
"Robert Samuel Lloyd was born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, on 2nd March 1856; he was descended from the family which founded Lloyds Bank, his grandfather having been head of the bank in Birmingham in the early part of the nineteenth century. After learning the elements of Engineering Science in switzerland, he spent some time in works at Wednesbury. In 1877 he joined ther firm of Hayward Tyler & Co., in which the only partners at that time were Mr Robert L. Howard and Mr Eliot Howard, both of whom are still directors of the company. He there obtained accurate knowledge of hydraulic engineering and studied electrical engineering on its constructural side. Some years later he became Managing Partner of the company works at Luton, which were greatly extended under his supervision. he assisted in designing and carrying out the first experimental installation of Edison's electric light on Holborn Viaduct, from which much valuable experiences were gained; and Hayward Tyler & Co's workshops in London are believed to have been the earliest in England to be lighted in this way. Mr LLoyd also designed and constructed the electrically-driven pumping machinery for many of the most important mines and waterworks in South Africa, as well as large pumping plants for the Argentine Republic and other foreign countries. In England he directed the construction of many important waterworks installations. As the carrying industry for petroleum developed, he gave special attention to the pumps for pipelines and tank-vessels; some of the largest of these vessels afloat carry pumps for the construction of which he was responsible. He also invented numerous improvements in machinery for the manufacture of aerated waters. He subsequently became a Director of the Company, and remained in that position until his death, which took place at St Albans on the 23rd September 1915, at the age of 59. He was elected a Member of this Institution in 1882; he was also a member of the Institutions of Civil Engineers and Water Engineers."
(from the Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers - orbiuary notice `)
Since the time when R. S. Lloyd took charge of the Luton Work, the management has always been kept in the hands of the partners or of a prospective partner. When he was laid aside by illness in 1915, his place was taken by his nephew G. M. Gibbins, who followed his example with simlar success. the difficulties are, however, much greater than ijn the days before the war when our relations with our workmen were comparatively free from outside interference.
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