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Evan Lloyd
1734–1776
A Welsh poet and clergyman whose sharp, playful verse made him a memorable satirist of the 18th century. Educated at Oxford and writing from both London and rural Wales, he is best remembered for lively poems that mix wit with social observation.
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The Methodist : a poem
by Evan Lloyd
About the author
Born in 1734 in Llanycil, Merionethshire, Evan Lloyd was educated at Ruthin School and then at Jesus College, Oxford, where he took his degrees before entering the Church. He later served as a curate in London and became vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in Denbighshire.
Alongside his clerical work, he built a reputation as a poet and satirist. Reference sources describe him as a Welsh writer whose verse stood out for its humor and pointed commentary, and he is especially associated with lively mock-heroic and satirical poems.
Lloyd died in 1776. Although he is not among the most widely read poets now, his work still offers a vivid glimpse of 18th-century literary taste, with a voice that could be both clever and mischievous.