Oliver Lloyd
Oliver Lloyd was a Welsh Anglican priest and lawyer who became Dean of [Hereford Cathedral].Life
Lloyd was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1570 or 1571 and matriculated at St [Mary Hall, Oxford] in 1589 at the age of 18. He was made a Fellow of All [Souls College, Oxford|All Souls College] and obtained his Bachelor of [Civil Law] degree in 1597, with a Doctor of Civil Law degree following in 1602. He was later to become a benefactor of Jesus College. In 1609, he became an advocate of Doctors' Commons. He achieved swift advancement as a clergyman, becoming Rector of Clynnog Fawr in Caernarfonshire, north Wales, Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and Dean and [Canons of Windsor|Canon of Windsor] in 1615. Two years later, he became Dean of Hereford, holding the position until he died in 1625.