| Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh | |
| Birth Date: | 1788 |
| Birth Place: | Abergele, Wales |
| Death Date: | 1861 (aged 73) |
| Death Place: | London |
| Issue: | Robert Bamford-Hesketh |
| House: | Lloyd and Hesketh |
| Father: | Robert Bamford-Hesketh |
| Mother: | Frances Lloyd |
Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh (1788–1861) was the owner of the Gwrych Castle estate in the historic county of Denbighshire, Wales. He was the High Sheriff[1] of Denbighshire in 1828.[2]
Bamford-Hesketh's parents, who were married in 1787, were Frances Lloyd of Gwrych and Robert Bamford-Hesketh of Bamford Hall and Upton Hall. His grandfather, Robert Bamford-Hesketh, was the heir to the Bamford estate.[3]
The Lloyds of Gwrych resided at 'Plâs yn Gwrych' in a coastal strip between Abergele and Llanddulas.[4] Over successive generations from the sixteenth century, the family created a gentry seat with formal gardens, estate buildings, a bathing house at Ty Crwn and extensive walled gardens.
Gwrych Castle was built by Lloyd as a memorial to his mother and her ancestors much to his own designs. As a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he took a keen interest in medieval architecture, art and archaeology.[5] There is clear evidence that the castle was complete by the time he married Lady Emily in 1825 as there were no references to the marriage in the heraldic glass at Gwrych Castle.[6]
In 1825, Bamford-Hesketh married Lady Emily Esther Ann Lygon (1800–1873), the youngest daughter of the 1st Earl of Beauchamp. Together, they were the parents of:
At his death in 1861, the heir to Gwrych Castle and the estate was Lloyd's son Robert Bamford-Hesketh (1826-1894) who married Ellen Jones-Bateman in 1851.[7]