Lloyd (Smith Hill)
Description
This family had a connection with Oliver Goldsmith.
Estate(s)
Name | Description |
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Lloyd (Smith Hill) | The Lloyds of Smith Hill were a branch of the Lloyds of Croghan. Robert Jones Lloyd of Smithhill House, parish of Elphin, county Roscommon, was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon in 1828. He was married to Susannah Devenish of Rush Hill and died in 1832. He appears to have been a middleman in county Leitrim , see http://www.ancestryireland.com/hip_statutes.php?filename=9.4&PHPSESSID=05f109cf04e146ce7a75e313302d6cbc The Reverend John Lloyd of Smith Hill, rector of Aughrim, was assassinated on 28 Nov 1847, see http://www.obeirnefamily.cwc.net/issue4/Owen%20Beirne%202.htm In the 1870s Robert Jones Lloyd of Twickenham, London, owned 300 acres in county Roscommon and 892 acres in county Leitrim. |