Nicholas Lloyd

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Early life

Nicholas Markley Lloyd was born on 9 June 1942 in Luton, Bedfordshire, the son of Walter and Sybil Lloyd.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School,[3] St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Harvard for the Advanced Management Program.[1][2][4][5]

Career

Lloyd started his career as a reporter at the Daily Mail in 1964.[2] He was made Education Correspondent at The Sunday Times in 1966 and was made its Deputy News Editor in 1968.[2] In 1970 he moved to The Sun where he was made News Editor and, in 1972, became Assistant Editor at the News of the World.[2]

In 1976, Lloyd returned to The Sun where he was made Assistant Editor before joining the Sunday Mirror in 1980 as Deputy Editor.[2] Lloyd edited the Sunday People from 1982 to 1983, then moved to edit the News of the World for a year from 1984, and finally edited the Daily Express from 1986 to 1995.[1][6]

Lloyd received a knighthood in the 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[1] He presented a breakfast show on LBC 97.3, a London radio station, from 1997 to 1999. Since 2010, he has been the chairman of the public relations consultancy BLJ London.[7]

Family life

Lloyd married journalist Eve Pollard in 1979; the couple have a son, Oliver.[1] He also has three children from his previous marriage: Justin, Rachael and James Lloyd.[1] Pollard's daughter from a previous marriage, television presenter Claudia Winkleman, is his step-daughter.

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