Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr
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Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr. (July 8, 1908 – 1989) was a businessman, horse breeder, dairy cattle farmer and yachtsman. He was the founder of the equestrian journal Chronicle of the Horse.

Lloyd was born at Ardmore
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Ardmore is a census-designated place in Delaware and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 12,455 at the 2010 census...

, Delaware County
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 558,979, making it Pennsylvania's fifth most populous county, behind Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Bucks counties....

, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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. The Lloyd family were of a prestigious social background dating to the time of William Penn
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...

 in Philadelphia. Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Sr. was a banker, the President of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society , originally called the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, was a savings bank headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. PSFS was founded in December 1816, becoming the first savings bank to organize and do business in the United States...

. His mother was Eleanor Borroughs Morris, a descendant of brewer Mayor Anthony Morris (I)
Anthony Morris (I)
Anthony Morris, Jr. was a brewer, Quaker preacher, judge, and mayor of Philadelphia....

, founder of the Morris family, another prominent Philadelphia family.

Lloyd's first marriage was November 25, 1932 his wife was Rachel Lowe Lambert
Rachel Lambert Mellon
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, they divorced 1948 she was later the wife of Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon
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. His second wife was Alice Babcock. His children by Rachel Lambert were a son Washington D.C. antiquarian Stacy Barcoft Lloyd III, daughter Eliza, by Alice Babcock son Robin Lloyd a writer and journalist who was an announcer for NBC
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.

For many years he was one of the largest landowners on St. Croix, U.S.V.I. He owned a dairy farm and raised beef cattle. He also owned and operated the local dairy bottling plant.

Lloyd died in a carriage accident at Southwest Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island, the population was 1,966 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

in 1989.
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