Arthur Lloyd (missionary)
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| Born | April 10, 1852 |
| Died | 27 October 1911 (aged 59) |
Arthur Lloyd (10 April 1852 – 27 October 1911) was a minister of the Church of England, fellow and Dean of Peterhouse, Cambridge, academic, translator, and biographer. He also served as an Anglican missionary to Japan.
Lloyd was born in Shimla, British India in 1852, the son of Major Frederick Lloyd of the Bengal Native Infantry. He was educated at Brewood Grammar School, Staffordshire, St John's College and Peterhouse, Cambridge where he obtained a First Class degree in classics in 1874.[1]
Lloyd was consecrated as a deacon in 1875 and as a priest in 1876 in the Church of England by William Jacobson, the Bishop of Chester. He served as curate at St. Barnabas, Liverpool from 1875 to 1876 and subsequently at St. Mary the Great, Cambridge from 1877 to 1879. He was appointed a Fellow and Dean of Peterhouse 1877–1879. Immediately prior to setting out for Japan he served jointly as the rector of Norton parish and as vicar of Hunstanton, Norfolk. He was married with two children and an adopted niece.
