John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd


John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd, generally known as J. D. K. Lloyd, was born on 28 April 1900, in Kensington, London. He was the elder son of John Maurice Edward Lloyd, M.A., a barrister of Lincoln's Inn.
He went to Winchester School and Trinity College Oxford, and was the founder of the Hypocrites' Club, which included among its members Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Robert Byron and many other prominent figures of the time; he received the nickname 'the Widow' in reference to a shaving lotion, 'The Widow Lloyd's Euxesis'. Lloyd's name appears in conjunction with this nickname in the journals and letters of many of his contemporaries for decades afterward.
Lloyd spent his life devoted to antiquarian research and in public service to his community.

Public service career

J. D. K. Lloyd wrote many articles and guides to Montgomery. He donated Dolforwyn Castle to the Welsh Ancient Monument Board in 1955.
He died on 13 December 1978.