Edward Lloyd

Edward Lloyd II (February 7, 1671 – March 20, 1719) was the 11th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1709 to 1714. He attained the rank of Major General of the Eastern Shore militia. Early life and family Edward Lloyd II was born on February 7, 1671, at Wye plantation in Talbot County, Maryland to Henrietta Maria (née Neale) Bennett (1647–1697) and Colonel Philemon Lloyd (c. 1646–1685). He was the eldest of ten children. His grandfather was Edward Lloyd I. Upon his father's death in 1685, he inherited "White House and Woolman Neck land". In 1686, after his grandfather's death, he was left Wye plantation. Lloyd spawned a long line of Edward Lloyd's who were active in Maryland politics, including Edward Lloyd IV, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and Edward Lloyd V, who would serve as Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811.