Ernest Herbert Lloyd (1872 - 1957)

Born 28 Apr 1872 in Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Anne (Reynolds) Lloyd — married 1910 (to 1956) in Kensington, London, England

Descendants

Died 6 May 1957 at age 85 in Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ernest was born in 1872 in Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1872. ^{[1] [2]}

He was married to Elizabeth Anne Reynolds in 1910. ^[3].

He was a civil engineer and was admitted to membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1910. ^[4]

His first post was as assistant engineer on the construction of Nantigro Dam, which supplied water to Birmingham, and a railway line to the dam. From 1896 to 1903 he was the chief engineer on the construction of the Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley in Wales. ^[4] When he moved back to Britain later in life, he named his house in Totnes Craig Goch.

In 1906 he was appointed by the Egyptian Government to complete work on the Isna Barrage in Upper Egypt, and in 1909, to be resident engineer on the Cairo sewage and drainage scheme. He was working in Egypt when his daughter was born in Dublin in 1912 ^[5], and his son James was born in Cairo in 1916 ^[6]

For some of this time he was the resident engineer on the first Aswan Dam (built 1898-1902) and will have been involved in the schemes to increase its height and therefore capacity between 1907 and 1912. He was still involved in 1920 and is recorded as a passenger from London to Alexandria in 1920. ^[7]

He moved back to England and in the 1939 England and Wales Register, they were living at Craig Goch, in Totnes, Devon. ^[8]

He died in 1957. ^[9]

Research Note

His record on Ancestry mentions two features of him that I believe may relate to another Ernest Herbert Lloyd,

• that he was a Lieut-Colonel in the Royal Engineers, and
• that he was awarded an OBE,

I have not been able to find any evidence that he was involved in the British Army, and it does not sound right with his involvement in Egypt for most of the first two decades of the twentieth century. Kennedy-14080 13:36, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales General Register Office GRO Online Index Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content) for Lloyd, Ernest Herbert. Mother's maiden name Nicolas GRO Reference: 1872 J Quarter in Llandilofawr Volume 11A Page 741 General Register Office, Southport, England. (Accessed August 23 2021)
2. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F871072999%2F1
3. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD%2FM%2F1910%2F4%2FAZ%2F000577%2F071.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ernest Herbert Lloyd in UK, Civil Engineer Records, 1820-1930, 12801-13000 (1909 Apr - 1910 Feb) at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3585/images/41172_1831101456_0392-00599?pId=1332 (Accessed August 23 2021)
5. ↑ Elizabeth G N Lloyd Birth in Dublin, Ireland in https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FBMD%2FD%2F622730478 (Accessed January 18 2021)
6. ↑ James H N Lloyd in GRO Consular and Overseas Records 1849-1965 at Cairo 1916-20 Volume 14 Page 989 athttps://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD%2FOVS%2FBCON%2F001661%2F032 (Accessed August 24 2021)
7. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FBT27%2F0926000091%2F00333. Passenger list from sailing from London to Alexandria, Egypt 1920.
8. ↑ Ernest H Lloyd in 1939 Register at Craigh Goch Cross Park, Totnes, Totnes M.B., Devon, England at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F6849%2F6849C%2F07%2F31 (Accessed August 24 2021)
9. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content), database entry for Lloyd, Ernest Herbert. Age at Death 85. GRO Reference: 1957 J Quarter in Newton Abbot Volume 07A Page 473 General Register Office, Southport, England.