John Hardress Lloyd

John Hardress Lloyd
Hardress-Lloyd in 1911 in the United States
Born	(1874-08-14)14 August 1874
Died	28 February 1952(1952-02-28) (aged 77)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army → 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards → Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers → Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps
Rank	Brigadier-General
Commands held	3rd Tank Brigade
Battles/wars	Tirah Campaign Second Boer War First World War → Western Front → Gallipoli → Battle of Arras
Awards	DSO (January 1917) Bar (July 1918) French Légion d’Honneur
Relations	John Lloyd (writer) (great nephew)

Olympic medal record
Men's Polo
	1908 London	Team competition

DSO (January 1917)

Brigadier-General John Hardress Lloyd (14 August 1874 – 28 February 1952) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player. He was awarded a DSO and made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur for his service in the British Army during the First World War. As a polo player he won a silver medal with the Ireland team at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Hardress Lloyd was born into an Anglo-Irish family with connections to County Offaly. He was the son of John Lloyd, a lawyer, and Susanna Frances Julia Colclough. He was the second of their seven children and their oldest son. On 5 August 1903 he married Adeline Wilson. They did not have any children. Hardress-Lloyd is the great uncle of John Lloyd, the TV producer behind the Blackadder series.

As a polo player, Hardress Lloyd, together with John Paul McCann, Percy O'Reilly and Auston Rotheram, was a member of the Ireland team that won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team. In 1911 he also captained the England team that played in the United States

Hardress Lloyd was commissioned in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards on 10 October 1894. He served in the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier in 1897-98 and then in the Second Boer War. Between March 1901 and September 1902 he served as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir E. L. Elliot.