Lloyd, Edward, 1744-1796
Edward Lloyd IV (December 15, 1744 – July 8, 1796) was an American planter from Talbot County, Maryland. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1783 and 1784.
Born at his family's plantation in Talbot County in the Province of Maryland, Lloyd completed preparatory studies. He was a member of the lower house of the General Assembly of Maryland from 1771 to 1774, in the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1780, and served in the State senate in 1781, 1786, and 1791. Lloyd was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1783 and 1784. He was a delegate to the Maryland State Convention of 1788, to vote whether Maryland should ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States.
Lloyd died at the Wye House estate he had built on his family's estate and was interred in the family burying ground there.
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| referencedIn | Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 14 -- Materials held at the University of Pennsylvania, 1705-1788 | American Philosophical Society | |
| referencedIn | Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Starin, Mary, 1912-1981. Papers, 1790-1980. | Talbot County Free Library | |
| referencedIn | Lloyd family. Lloyd papers 1658-1910 (bulk 1658-1904) [microfilm] | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 | person |
| associatedWith | Emmet, Thomas Addis | person |
| associatedWith | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | person |
| grandchildOf | Lloyd, Edward, 1670-1718. | person |
| childOf | Lloyd, Edward, 1711-1770. | person |
| parentOf | Lloyd, Edward, 1779-1834 | person |
| associatedWith | Lloyd family. | family |
| memberOf | Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Maryland. General Assembly. Senate | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Starin, Mary, 1912-1981. | person |
| child-in-law of | Tayloe, John, 1721-1779 | person |
| memberOf | United States. Continental Congress | corporateBody |
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| Talbot County | MD | US | |
| Annapolis | MD | US | |
| Talbot County | MD | US |
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| Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress |
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Person
Birth 1744-12-15
Death 1796-07-08
Male
Americans,
Britons
English
