| Rickard William Lloyd | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MRCS LRCPEd |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Gibraltar |
| Death Place: | Kensington, London, England |
| Alma Mater: | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Known For: | Anaesthetist Author |
| Occupation: | Consulting Anaesthetist |
| Nationality: | British |
Rickard William Lloyd MRCS LRCPEd (17 March 1859 – 24 April 1933) was a Consulting Anaesthetist and author.[1] [2]
Lloyd was born in Gibraltar[3] on 17 March 1859, the son of Major Edward Lloyd and the grandson of Sir Robert Stanford.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.[1]
In 1881 Lloyd served as a house-surgeon at the West London Hospital and St Mark's Hospital, subsequently serving at both hospitals for over thirty years. He was also House-Surgeon to St Peter's Hospital for Stone, an Anaesthetist at Guy's Dental School and a former President of the West London Medico-Chirurgical Society.[1] [4] [5] On retiring in 1914 he was appointed Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist of the West London Hospital.[1]
Lloyd was a contributor to various numerous journals, in particular the British Medical Journal.[1] He also took a particular interest in old paintings and was the author of 'The Cult of Old Paintings and the Romney Case', which included a foreword by Sir Edward Poynter. In his foreword to the book Sir Edward Poynter says 'Rickard W Lloyd has set forth in an amusing and interesting way the difficulties that beset the cult of old paintings, to say nothing of the snares'.[6]
Lloyd was unmarried and died in Kensington, London on 24 April 1933.[1] [7] His obituary was published in the British Medical Journal.[3]