# Frederic Lloyd

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{{Short description|British theatre producer (1918–1995)}}

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[[File:lloyd-lancaster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Lloyd (left) with [Osbert Lancaster](/source/Osbert_Lancaster) at the launch of [D'Oyly Carte's](/source/D'Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company) revival of ''[The Sorcerer](/source/The_Sorcerer)'' in 1971]]
'''Frederic Lloyd''' [OBE](/source/OBE) (1 July 1918 – 27 July 1995) was an English theatre manager. Most notably, he was the General Manager of the [D'Oyly Carte Opera Company](/source/D'Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company) from 1951 until its closure in 1982.

==Biography==
Lloyd was born on 1 July 1918, into an ecclesiastical family near [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England. During the Second World War he worked with the [Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts](/source/Council_for_the_Encouragement_of_Music_and_the_Arts), the precursor of the [Arts Council](/source/Arts_Council_of_Great_Britain).<ref name=Times>''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'' obituary, 23 August 1995</ref>

In 1951, Lloyd was a director of the [Festival of Britain](/source/Festival_of_Britain),<ref name=Times/> and in September of that year he was appointed General Manager of the [D'Oyly Carte Opera Company](/source/D'Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company) and of the [Savoy Theatre](/source/Savoy_Theatre), in succession to Alfred Nightingale.<ref>Rollins and Witts, Appendix, p. v</ref> In addition to his D'Oyly Carte duties, Lloyd was a member of the council of management of the [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra) and played an important part in saving the orchestra's tour of America in 1963 at a critical time in the RPO's fortunes.<ref>Reid, p. 429</ref> From 1961 to 1982, he was also secretary of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust. In 1966 he was elected President of the Theatrical Managers' Association.<ref>''The Times'', 23 December 1966, p. 7.</ref>

With D'Oyly Carte's closure, Lloyd retired from theatre management, although he continued to sit on numerous committees. He was chairman of the governors of the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music) from 1980 to 1983, and trustee and chairman of the general committee of the [Garrick Club](/source/Garrick_Club) from 1976 to 1984.<ref name=Times/> He wrote articles on [Elgar](/source/Elgar) and [Beethoven](/source/Beethoven), and he collaborated with [Robin Wilson](/source/Robin_Wilson_(mathematician)) on an official history of the D'Oyly Carte Company in 1984.<ref name=Times/>

On his retirement, Lloyd moved from his London home in [St John's Wood](/source/St_John's_Wood) to the village of [Strathpeffer](/source/Strathpeffer), Scotland, near [Inverness](/source/Inverness), where he became a lay-preacher at his local church. His wife Valerie died in 1991. They had two sons.<ref name=Times/> He died on 27 July 1995, aged 77, in Inverness.<ref>obituary: ''The Independent'' (London), 9 August 1995</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*Reid, Charles (1968). ''Malcolm Sargent: a biography''. London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. {{ISBN|0-241-91316-0}}
*Rollins, Cyril; R. John Witts (1961). ''The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas.'' London: Michael Joseph.
*Wilson, Robin; Frederic Lloyd (1984). ''Gilbert & Sullivan: The D'Oyly Carte Years - The Official Picture History''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. {{ISBN|0-297-78505-2}}

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Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
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