Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House
source:wikipedia The Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House is a historic Friends meeting house located near the community of Colerain, Ohio, United States. Constructed in 1815 for a group formed in 1801, it has been named a historic site. Josiah Fox is buried in the cemetery near the meeting house
Mount Fox
Mount Fox in the Selkirk Mountains in Canada was named, by William Green, in honour of Harry Fox who perished with William Donkin and two Swiss guides, in the Caucasus. Mount Donkin is nearby. Source: Among the Selkirk Glaciers by William Spotswood Green (1890) This blog gives an good idea of the terrain!
Catchfrench
Home of Dorothy Kekewich – husband of Francis Fox Click here for the Historic England listing. “This photo, taken in 1974, shows the author (Joseph M Fox) pointing out the ruins of the old Fox homestead in Cornwall called Catchfrench. Here Francis Fox and his wife …” source: Growing With America: The Fox Family of Philadelphia […]
Somervell, (Theodore) Howard (1890-1975) – a member of the Mallory 1924 Everest expedition
Howard Somervell m. Margaret Hope Simpson (1899–1993) Lloyd H fox was the 3rd cousin of Howard Somervell source: wikipedia Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (16 April 1890 – 23 January 1975) was an English surgeon, mountaineer, painter andmissionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working […]
The Quaker Prison – Welshpool
Both Charles Lloyd ll and his brother Thomas Lloyd were imprisoned here for their Quaker beliefs. Both Charles Lloyd lll and Sampson Lloyd l, children of Charles Lloyd ll and Elizabeth Lort were born in this prison. source: James Family Archives (the source of the images below is no longer available but click here for another image of […]
Dolobran Quaker Meeting House
Source: Hanes Maldwyn #31 Dolobran Quaker Meeting House was built on land owned by the Lloyds of Dolobran in 1700. It was the first purpose-built Quaker Meeting House in Wales. Following the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672, Quakers were released from prison. Charles Lloyd ll was able to return home and in 1700 Dolobran Meeting House was […]
Samuel Sampson Lloyd MP (1820-1889)
Samuel Lloyd m1. Emma Reeve (1817-1863); m2. Maria Menckhoff (1830-1916) Lloyd H Fox was the 1st cousin 2x removed of Samuel Sampson source: wikipediaSampson Samuel Lloyd (10 November 1820 – 3 March 1889) was a British banker and Conservative Party politician. He became chairman of Lloyds Bank and held a seat in the House of Commons for […]
Dolobran Hall – the ancestral home of the Lloyd family
Childhood home of Lloyd H Fox’s 5th great grandfather Sampson Lloyd l source: Farm and its inhabitants with some account of the Lloyd’s of Dolobran – Rachel Jane Lowe In 1780 James Lloyd sold the Dolobran estate, which was bequeathed to him by his brother Charles Exton Lloyd, and, which had belonged to his ancestors […]
Katherine Maria Pease (1866-1935) – initiated 1st survey of Easter Island
Katherine Pease m. William Scoresby Routledge (1859–1939) Lloyd H Fox was the 2nd cousin of Katherine Pease source: Wikipedia Katherine Maria Routledge , née Pease (11 August 1866 – 13 December 1935), was a British archaeologist and anthropologist who, in 1914, initiated (but did not complete) the first true survey of Easter Island. She was […]
Samuel Gurney (1816-1882) – banker and chairman of the drinking fountain association
Samuel Gurney m. Ellen Reynolds(?-?)Griselda Bigland was the 2nd cousin 2x removed of Samuel Gurney source: wikipediaSamuel Gurney (1816–1882) was a banker from the Gurney family. He served an independent Member of Parliament for Penryn & Falmouth from 1857 to 1865 but never spoke. He was also the first Chairman of the London and Provincial […]