See also
| Husband: | Stanley Lloyd (1880-1954) | |
| Wife: | Mary Olivia Prater (1899-1985) | |
| Marriage | 1920 | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Name: | Stanley Lloyd | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Lloyd (1848-1887) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Ann Ivester (1852-1920) | |
| Birth | 1880 | Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Birth fact | 1880 (age 0) | 1880 Mar Qtr, West Derby, 8b/298 |
| Census | 1881 (age 0-1) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 10-11) | Scholar, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, St Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Census | 1901 (age 20-21) | Lithographic artist, living with mother |
| Census | 1911 (age 30-31) | Designer in printing trade, living with mother (unmarried) |
| Death fact | 1954 (age 73-74) | 1954 Mar Q, Devon Central, 7a/383 (aged 73) |
| Death | 16 Feb 1954 (age 73-74) | Sidmouth, Devon |
| Name: | Mary Olivia Prater | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 20 Aug 1899 | India |
| Census | 1911 (age 11-12) | Pupil, Nelson House Boarding School, Milford Hill, Salisbury |
| Death fact | 1985 (age 85-86) | 1985 Mar, Salisbury, 23/2355/385 |
| Death | 18 Mar 1985 (age 85) | Salisbury, Wiltshire |
Stanley Lloyd illustrated all of the first edition Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton. Lloyd was a prolific and famous illustrator in his time. Besides his work for The Detective Magazine in 1923-4 and Woman’s Magazine in 1935-6, he illustrated many works by J. Ivester Lloyd including The People of the Valley (Country Life 1943), Well Ridden (The Citadel Press 1949), Johnny Rides Out (The Citadel Press 1948) and Joy Francis, notably The Greystone Girls series (Blackie 1940's - 50's).
He excelled at horse artwork especially, as shown in his Malory Towers cover art and his work for Primrose Cumming on her horse stories Silver Snaffles (Blackie 1937), The Wednesday Pony (Blackie 1939) and The Chestnut Filly (Blackie 1940) as well as B Cavanna's Spurs for Suzanna (Lutterworth 1952), The Horse from India by Brian Fairfax-Lucy (Muller 1944) and Horseman's Island by Marjorie M Oliver (Country Life 1950).
Stanley Lloyd's illustrations can also be seen in Friends of the Van by Brenda E Spender (Country Life 1949), The Fighting Fferriats (in The British Girls Annual, Amalgamated Press 1930), Bonny The Pony by Ruth Clarke (Warne 1959), Hoo Hooey - An Argentine Arcady and How I Came There by HJ Muir (Country Life 1947).
The first book Lloyd authored was Jam Sauce: A Humorous Novel (Stanley Paul 1947), a story about three young men a beautiful girl, missing jewels, crazy crooks and a maharajah! Apparently he did write other books, but I'm unable to find a record of these.
http://www.heathersblytonpages.com/blytonillustrators-h-l.html (accessed 22.7.2009)
Stanley Lloyd was, very active in the field of pony book illustration, and the majority of his published work illustrating books featured horses. He started his career doing magazine illustration for The Detective Magazine, and later for Woman’s Magazine, but his most iconic illustrations are those he did for Primrose Cumming’s Silver Snaffles.
His illustrations don’t meet with universal approval: he did have a weakness for portraying ponies with very wide foreheads, and occasionally rather bulging eyes. This either seems to form part of his charm, or to infuriate.
Stanley Lloyd illustrated several of John Ivester Lloyd’s books. He was John Ivester Lloyd’s uncle, and brother of his father, the well known artist Tom Ivester Lloyd.
There are two books I can find written by Stanley Lloyd: Jam Sauce: A Humorous Novel, and Thick Treacle.
http://www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk/illustrators/stanleylloyd.html (accessed 30.12.2013)
Stanley Lloyd was a founder member of Bristol Savages, a Society concerned with the pursuit of the Fine Arts, Painting, Music, Poetry, other Performing Arts and Good Fellowship. Bristol Savages was founded by artists in 1904 at an Inaugural Meeting that Stanley Lloyd attended when he was living at Belluton Rd, Knowle. He immediately took a very keen and active interest in the Tribe and in 1908 acted as Assistant Secretary. Records show that he was busy in the studio continuously until 1914 when he enlisted in the 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. In very quick time he was promoted to a Lieutenant. The Tribe decided to signalise this honour by holding a party at Brandon Cottage when he was next on leave. By this time he had a further pip on his shoulder, and they presented him with a sword. While on leave he went to work in the studio and this in fact was the last time he did so, but during his service he sent his own painted Christmas cards to the Tribe. After the War he went to live at Milford near Salisbury and then at Sidmouth He always retained his membership, though he never attended again. When his payments accidentally lapsed in 1954 they made him a Life Member. Later that year he died having been for a considerable time in a state of coma and sadly never learned of the honour conferred on him. During his working days he achieved considerable fame as an illustrator, particularly of children`s books.
http://www.bristol-savages.org/past-artists/80.html (accessed 30.12.2013)
With thanks to Bill Milburn for drawing my attention to this source
LLOYD Stanley of Rest Harrow Colaton Raleigh near Sidmouth Devonshire died 16 February 1954. Probate Llondon 17 May to Mary Olivia Lloyd widow and Herbert Thomas Traer Harris solicitor. Effects £6550 9s. 11d.
LLOYD Mary Olivia of Newton House Nursing Home South Newton Salisbury died 18 March 1985. Probate Winchester 10 May £145753.