| Title |
The Papers of John Lloyd |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/JOLD |
| Creator |
Lloyd, John, 1888-1978, aircraft designer |
| Covering Dates |
1930–1976 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 archive box |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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John Lloyd was born in South Wales in October 1888. He was educated in Staffordshire and subsequently worked in a steel mill studying the stresses in metals. Widely known as "Jimmy" he became a leading aircraft designer, pioneering the use of steel for propellers and sea-plane-floats and being pre-eminent in the use of alloys in design. On the outbreak of the First World War, Lloyd joined the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, as Head of Stress Calculating and Design. In 1917 he joined the Siddeley Deasy Company as Chief Designer. He was subsequently Chief Designer (1923-48) and Technical Director (1948-55) of Armstrong-Whitworth, where he worked until his retirement in 1959. As a designer he was often well in advance of his time. In 1918 he produced the Siskin, for many years a mainstay RAF fighter, and in 1924 produced the first all steel aircraft in Britain. He designed the Atlas seaplane, the three engined Argosy transport used from 1926-35 by Imperial Airways, the four engined Atalanta, the Whitley Bomber used in World War II and the Albemarle used at Arnhem to carry troops and supplies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). Lloyd died in 1978.
Papers relating to aviation and aircraft design
The papers were presented to Churchill College by Lloyd's son and daughter in 1979.
The Papers are owned by Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of John Lloyd, JOLD
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| Further information |
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Copies of the collection level description and catalogue are available at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, the National Register of Archives, London, and on the Janus website http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk.
This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue was prepared by Andrew Riley of Churchill Archives Centre in June 2005. Information was taken from Lloyd's entry in "Who Was Who" (A & C Black)
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| Index Terms |
| Aeronautics |
| Aircraft |
| Lloyd, John (1888-1978) aircraft designer |
| Churchill/JOLD contains: |
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1
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Album of specifications and photographs illustrating the history of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.
1 volume in folder. |
c. 1930–1965 |
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2
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Photographs of aircraft.
1 bundle in folder. |
c. 1932-c. 1947 |
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3
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Newspaper cuttings relating to aircraft and John Lloyd's career.
1 bundle in folder. |
1938–1976 |
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4
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Photographs of John Lloyd with colleagues from the aircraft industry.
1 bundle in folder. |
1941–1959 |
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5
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Record of "The Fedden Mission at the Boeing Aircraft Co., Seattle", presented to John Lloyd in 1943. The mission to Boeing in January 1943 was headed by Sir Roy Fedden (formerly Chief Designer of the Bristol Aeroplane Engine Co) and included Lloyd as one of its members; includes photograph of the group.
1 item in folder. |
1943 |
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6
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Letters to John Lloyd, mainly relating to aviation.
1 bundle in folder. |
1945–1973 |
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7
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Cuttings and notes on John Lloyd's retirement.
1 bundle in folder. |
1959 |
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8
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Article by Iain Pike on the B-70 from "Flight International". In two parts, June & July 1964.
1 item in folder. |
1964 |
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9
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Article by Michael Wilson on V-STOL [Vertical and/or Short Take-Off and Landing aircraft] from "Flight International".
1 item in folder. |
1969 |
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10
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Article by John Turner on the Armstrong Whitworth AW55 Apollo, from "Aircraft Illustrated".
1 item in folder. |
1970 |
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11
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Correspondence with Sir Arnold Hall relating to a biography of William Scott Farren, and notes on Farren by John Lloyd. Includes copy of biography by Hall and G.P. Thomson, re-printed from Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol 17, November 1971.
1 bundle in folder. |
1970–1972 |
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12
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First portion of an article on the Whitley Story, undated.
1 item in folder. |
c. 1960 |
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13
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Blueprint of an unspecified aircraft, undated.
1 sheet in folder. |
c. 1960 |
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14
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Aviation reports, February 1963.
1 bundle in folder. |
February 1963 |
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