Brigadier-General John Hardress Lloyd (14 August 1874 to 28 February 1952) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army and a polo player. He was awarded a DSO and made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his service in the First World War. As a polo player he won a silver medal with the Ireland team at the 1908 Summer Olympics, together with John Paul McCann, Percy O'Reilly and Auston Rotheram, and the Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team. In 1911 he captained the England team that played in the United States. He was the son of John Lloyd, a lawyer, and Susanna Frances Julia Colclough, and he commanded the 3rd Tank Brigade from April 1917 until the end of the war.
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Born 14 August 1874
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