Geoffrey William Lloyd

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Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd PC (January 17, 1902 – September 12, 1984) was a British Conservative politician.

The eldest son of G. W. A. Lloyd of Newbury, Lloyd was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge (MA), during which time he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1925.

He contested South East Southwark in 1924 without success and Birmingham Ladywood in 1929 when he was defeated by just 11 votes. He was Private Secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for Air) from 1926-29, then to Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister, 1929, subsequently as Leader of the Opposition) from 1929-31.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood in 1931 with a 14,000 majority, holding the seat until 1945. He was then Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stanley Baldwin (Lord President of the Council) from 1931-35 and as Prime Minister in 1935. He held office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1935-39; as Secretary for Mines from 1939-40; as Secretary for Petroleum from 1940-42; as Chairman of the Oil Control Board, 1939-45; as Minister in charge of Petroleum Warfare Department 1940-45, as Parliamentary Secretary (Petroleum) to the Ministry of Fuel and Power from 1942-45; and as Minister of Information in 1945. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1943.

He was a Governor of British Broadcasting Corporation from 1946-49. He returned to Parliament as member for Birmingham King's Norton from 1950-55, and for Sutton Coldfield from 1955 until February 1974. During this time he was Minister of Fuel and Power from 1951-55 and Minister of Education from 1957-October 1959.

He was created a life peer in 1974 as Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd, of Broomfield in Kent, and died at age 82 from natural causes in Kent.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Wilifrid Whitely	Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood 1931–1945	Succeeded by Victor Yates
Preceded by Sir John Mellor	Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 1955–February 1974	Succeeded by Norman Fowler