Charles Lloyd (organ builder)

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Charles Lloyd (8 September 1835 - 8 October 1908)[1] was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1859 and 1908.[2]

Family

He was born in London on 8 September 1835, the son of Samuel Lloyd a shoemaker. He was baptised on 18 March 1838 in St Pancras New Church. In 1851, aged 15, he was described as "apprentice organ builder".

He married Mary Ann Dennison (b ca. 1841 in Nottingham) in 1864.

Background

Charles Lloyd had previously worked for Samuel Groves of London. Lloyd set up in business first with Lorenzo Valentine and shortly afterwards with Alfred Dudgeon. Their workshop was at 52A Union Road, near the centre of Nottingham. They were soon at work installing organs in places of worship in and around the Nottingham area. Lloyd was commissioned by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers of Holme Pierrepont, to construct and exhibit a two manual and pedal organ at the Birmingham Trades Exhibition in 1865. It won Lloyd a gold medal award for its workmanship and tone. After the exhibition, the organ was moved back to Nottingham and installed in St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont.

C. LLoyd & Co

Lloyd & Dudgeon were partners until the death of Albert Dudgeon on 6 February 1874.[3] The company name was then changed to C. Lloyd & Co, Church Organ Builders, Nottingham.

When the Great Central Railway was brought to Nottingham in 1896, land occupied by the Lloyd business had to be cleared to make way for the Victoria Station. Lloyd moved to 79 Brighton Street, St Ann’s.

In 1909, his son, Charles Frederick Lloyd took over the business and it continued until 1928 with no change to the name. The company was then acquired by Roger Yates.

Company names and addresses

Apprentices

The first was Ernest Wragg of Carlton who, after his period of training, set up as an organ builder himself in 1894 on Carlton Road, Thorneywood, as E. Wragg & Son, Organ Builders.

The second was John Compton, born in Measham, Leicestershire. He entered into organ building first at Birmingham, then with Brindley of Sheffield, then in Nottingham under Charles Lloyd. When free of his apprenticeship in 1902, along with an organ builder named Musson of Woodborough Road, Nottingham, they became Compton & Musson.

Noted instruments

References

  1. "BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS". Nottingham Evening Post. 9 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. F. T. Hodgkinson, Memories of Organs, Organ Builders and Organists of Nottingham.
  3. "DEATHS". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 6 February 1874. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  4. "NEW ORGAN". Leicestershire Mercury. 26 February 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  5. "NPOR C01266". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  6. "MELTON MOWBRAY". Stamford Mercury. 9 September 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  7. "ST. GEORGE'S ORGAN". Leicestershire Mercury. 30 June 1860. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  8. "RE-OPENING OF LOUGHBOROUGH CHURCH". Derby Mercury. 8 October 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  9. "NPOR N13586". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  10. "NEW CHURCHES IN NOTTINGHAM". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 16 September 1864. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  11. "THE NEW ORGAN FOR ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, NOTTINGHAM". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 7 July 1865. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  12. "OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN AT HYSON GREEN CHURCH". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 22 December 1865. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  13. "NPOR D03238". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  14. "NPOR D03824". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  15. "NPOR N05325". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  16. "RE-OPENING OF BROAD-STREET BAPTIST CHAPEL". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 20 August 1869. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  17. "OPENING OF THE NEW ORGAN". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 2 December 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  18. "FINDERN". Derby Mercury. 9 August 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  19. "NPOR N00491". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  20. "OPENING OF A NEW CHURCH AT THORESBY PARK". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 24 November 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  21. "RESTORATION OF BURTON JOYCE CHURCH". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 30 May 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  22. "NPOR D06278". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  23. "NPOR N00007". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  24. "NPOR N00476". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  25. "OPENING OF THE NEW ORGAN AT ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH". Nottingham Evening Post. 2 November 1882. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  26. "NPOR G01292". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  27. "REOPENING OF A CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT RIDDINGS". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 30 March 1883. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  28. "NPOR D06402". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  29. "NPOR D06269". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  30. "HICKLING CHURCH ORGAN". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 12 November 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  31. "ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, NOTTINGHAM". Nottingham Evening Post. 24 August 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  32. "ST. BARNABAS - ORGAN OPENING". Derby Mercury. 24 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  33. "NPOR N01810". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  34. "NPOR N05345". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  35. "NPOR N14367". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. (The Faculty and the Diocesan magazine say the organ was supplied by White of Grantham.)
  36. "ORGAN OPENING". Derby Daily Telegraph. 11 November 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  37. "ORGAN OPENING AT SOMERCOTES CHURCH". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 13 January 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  38. "NPOR N00115". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  39. "NPOR N01886". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  40. "NPOR G01287". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  41. "NEW ORGAN AT WEST BRIDGFORD CHURCH". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 25 November 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  42. "NPOR N01157". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  43. "NPOR K01007". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  44. "NPOR K01006". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  45. "NPOR N14488". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  46. "NPOR G01089". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  47. "NPOR R01038". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  48. "NPOR N00361". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  49. "NEW ORGAN AT KIRK HALLAM CHURCH". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 9 May 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  50. "NPOR N05321". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  51. "NPOR N13617". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  52. "NPOR D08514". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  53. "NPOR N01798". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  54. "NPOR N05357". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  55. "NPOR D04705". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  56. "NPOR N00210". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
  57. "NPOR R01564". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
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