- Norman Lloyd-Edwards
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Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO GCStJ RD GOMLJ JP RNR (born June 13, 1933) was the Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008.
Captain Lloyd-Edwards hails from Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, and was educated at Monmouth School for Boys, Quakers Yard Grammar School and University of Bristol. A Solicitor and Notary Public Figure, Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards is now retired. He was a Senior Partner and Consultant with Cartwrights, Adams & Black in Cardiff and spent his National Service in the Royal Navy between 1958-1960. He served on Cardiff City Council between 1963 and 1987, and Lord Mayor in 1985/86. In 1990 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. He became Vice President of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in May 1995. [1]
Lloyd-Edwards was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2007.
He is a Knight Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of St John and a Grand Officer of Merit in the Companionate of Merit of the Military & Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Additionally, Sir Norman has had a distinguished career in English Freemasonry (the English Grand Lodge is also responsible for Freemasonry in Wales). He has served many years as President of the Masonic Samaritan Fund (a national Masonic health care charity), and in April 2008 it was announced that he would be the new Provincial Grand Master for the Masonic Province of South Wales (Eastern Division).
On June 8, 2008, it was announced that Sir Norman will be retiring from the post of Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan on his 75th birthday.[2] [3]
References
- ^ Profile, "Theatre Wales". Profile,. http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=494 Profile,. Retrieved 2002-07-01.
- ^ BBC Wales, 'Hats off as Queen's man retires' "BBC Wales". Lord Lieutenant. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7451905.stm BBC Wales, 'Hats off as Queen's man retires'. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ 'Lord-Lieutenant for South Glamorgan' "Number 10 Media Centre". Lord Lieutenant. http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15210.asp, 'Lord-Lieutenant for South Glamorgan'. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
Offices held
Honorary titles Preceded by
Susan Eva WilliamsLord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
1990 - 2008Succeeded by
Peter BeckCategories:- 1933 births
- Living people
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Officers of the Order of St John
- Lord-Lieutenants of South Glamorgan
- Councillors in Wales
- Mayors of places in Wales
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