Edward Lloyd (restaurateur)

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Edward Lloyd (* probably around 1648 ; † 1713 ) was the owner of the "Lloyd's Coffee House" in the City of London . Lloyd's name suggests a Welsh origin. His coffee house is considered to be the founding site of " Lloyd's of London ".

opening

Lloyd first opened his restaurant on Tower Street in 1688 . Over time, it became a permanent meeting place for seafarers, merchants and shipowners, as Lloyd provided them with news from the shipping industry. In addition, the guests obviously discussed insurance business with each other.

growth

The place gained in reputation and thus in popularity. Lloyd therefore moved to larger, more centrally located premises on Lombard Street just three years later . He started building a network of correspondents. He published the information obtained from this in "Lloyd's News", which appeared three times a week. The information leaflet was later renamed " Lloyd's List ".

Persistence

The coffeehouse was continued by his son-in-law after Edward Lloyd's death. In 1760 the " Lloyd's Register of Shipping " was published for the first time . Nine years later, a few regulars opened New Lloyd's Coffee House in Pope's Head Alley. They founded an insurance company in 1771 and went public in 1774 as "The Society of Lloyds", also known as " Lloyd's of London ".

The names " Germanischer Lloyd " and " Norddeutscher Lloyd " (later " Hapag-Lloyd ") also go back indirectly to the coffee house. “ Lloyds Bank ”, on the other hand, has a different origin.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Palmer, Sarah: Lloyd, Edward (c.1648-1713). ODNB, first edition 2004, onlineed. Oct 2007, Oxford University Press. ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / press.oxforddnb.com