A Family History of the Illustrious, Notorious and Eccentric Lloyds of Birmingham, Brigstock and Pipewell Hall - Flipbook - Page 98
PRISCILLA MARIAN LLOYD Pierre, Ping
1901 - 1990
Granny Lloyd being so often away from Pipewell on cruises, visiting Philips relations etc, my
r Pierre (as she was generally called) had to bear quite a lot of the brunt of coping with the fallout
he two eldest black sheep, and bringing up her younger siblings.
ternative knick name, "Ping", came from the Lloyd family obsession with the author, Dornford
whose books featured two cars, "Ping" and "Pong".
was very close to her father, often standing with him at driven shoots, and inherited his black cob,
orough. Although Pierre could not be described as a "beauty", she was very good looking, with
atures, and a fascinating personality, which made her the most entertaining company. She soon had
admirers. In Northamptonshire, Thomas Brudenell, the squire of Deene Park, (the Earl of
gan9s seat, from whence he set off to command the Light Brigade in the Crimean War), kept a list
twenty most eligible ladies in the county from whom he planned to chose his bride, on which
was ranked number six. In the end his jolly wife who we called Mrs Broody, who was not even on
t of twenty, jumped the queue and married him!
her anecdote linked to the Crimean War has only the most tenuous link to the Lloyd family, since
po Philips was the senior director present at the unveiling. It was recounted by Field Marshal
gomery when he unveiled a plaque to commemorate his opening of Collins Publishers new
ouse building in Glasgow. In his speech he said that the plaque reminded him of a tombstone he
aw in a Warwickshire graveyard, which commemorated a colonel with the inscription,
dentally shot by his batman during the Crimean War", with the biblical text below, "Well done thou
and faithful servant".
ey Knowles was a great friend of the Lloyd family, and an aesthete who knew my father, Billy
s at Magdalen, and friends of his such as Malcolm McCorquodale and Sally's Uncle Barty Bouverie.
lm was very fond of Pierre, and invited her and Billy Collins for a summer holiday on the
rquodale's highland estate on the Helmsdale river, with the intent of proposing marriage to Pierre.
for him, his plan backfired when Pierre became engaged to Billy Collins during this holiday on the
sdale. Malcolm later became engaged to Winifred Clark, the daughter of one of the linen thread
naires, who built the Sun Court House in Troon with its own covered Real Tennis court. The only
ed court in Scotland, and they were happily married for many years till Winifred died relatively
from cancer. It so happened that Malcolm was also a great friend of Sally's Hely Hutchinson
, and was one of her godfathers. Malcolm's close friendship with my father went back to their
l days at Harrow together.
