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14 unusual facts about Lloyds bank


Alexander Lyle-Samuel

At the age of 15, in 1898, Lyle-Samuel started work as a clerk at Lloyds Bank.

Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth

He was also chairman of the Anglo-Burma Rice Company and of the Wilmer Grain Company, and was also on the board of Lloyds Bank.

Asset forfeiture

In 2009, Lloyds Bank forfeited $350 million in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (falsified outgoing wire transfers to persons on U.S. sanctions lists).

Beauchamp College

It received sponsorship of over £122,000 from The Garfield Weston Foundation, Lloyds Bank, Alliance & Leicester, Midland Bank, Psion, and Sainsbury's.

Daniel Pettit

He subsequently became a distinguished industrialist, serving as chairman of the National Freight Corporation from 1971 to 1978, and Director of Lloyds Bank from 1977 to 1985.

John Pease, 1st Baron Wardington

He served as Chairman of Lloyds Bank from 1922 to 1945 and of the Bank of London and South Africa from 1922 to 1947.

Market Building, Penzance

Lloyds Bank took over the western half of the building in 1925 when they shortened it and modified the entrance.

Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington

He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1906 to 1916 and a board member at Lloyds Bank.

Rhydspence Inn

Hence the reference to the early origins of Lloyds Bank as monies could be transferred along the trail 'on the hoof' with minimum risk and this was the origin of today's Lloyds Banking Group in Wales (formerly The Bank of the Black Ox but now known as the Bank of the Black Horse).

Stewart Jackson

Before joining Business Link, Jackson worked for Lloyds Bank for nine years, and ran his own branch as a Branch Manager in London's West End, as well as being a small business manager.

Supreme Novices' Hurdle

It became known as the Lloyds Bank Champion Novices' Hurdle in 1974, when Lloyds Bank began a brief period of sponsorship.

Welsh Black

The result was the formation in 1799 of the Banc yr Eidon in Llandovery, the Bank of the Black Ox, which was later purchased by Lloyds Bank.

World Hurdle

It was initially known as the Stayers' Hurdle, and in its early years it was sponsored by Lloyds Bank.

Wormleighton Manor

In 1925, Americans Alexander and Virginia Weddell visited the property with architect Henry Grant Morse to get some inspiration on architectural features they could incorporate into a Tudor manor and former priory they had recently bought from Lloyds Bank in Warwickshire and had shipped to Richmond, Virginia.


Ashley Webster

Before that, he had spent 6 years in London, working for the Bank of Montreal and Lloyds Bank.

Bromford Group

from Legal & General and Prudential subsidiary M&G, while the transaction was managed by Lloyds Bank.

OneVu

OneVu is available on the websites of three banks – Lloyds Bank, TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest – and accessible to almost nine million people who bank online.

Pitch TV

In the statement, the firm claimed that the situation was due to "unreasonable steps taken from Lloyds bank which ultimately brought the business to a standstill".

Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet

Pease eventually also became chairman of Middlesbrough Estate Ltd, North-Eastern Improved Dwellings Company, William Whitwell & Co, and the Durham & North Yorkshire Public House Trust, and a director of the North Eastern Railway Company/London and North Eastern Railway Company, Lloyds Bank, Horden Collieries Ltd, the Forth Bridge Railway Company, the National Benzole Company, and a number of others.