Edward Lloyd (coffeehouse owner)

Edward Lloyd ( * probably about 1648, † 1713) was the owner of " Lloyd 's Coffee House " in the City of London. Lloyds name suggests a Welsh origin suspect. His coffee is considered the founding place of the " Lloyds of London ".

Opening

Lloyd opened his first restaurant in 1688 in Tower Street. It was. With time at a fixed meeting place for sailors, merchants and shipowners, because Lloyd provided them with news from the shipping industry Guests discussed obviously mainly insurance business with each other.

Growth

The place gained in reputation and thus to feed. Lloyd drew therefore only three years later to larger and more central premises in Lombard Street. He began to build a network of correspondents. He published The retrieved information is published three times a week in the " Lloyd's News". Later, the information leaflet has been renamed to " Lloyd's List ".

Survival

The coffee was continued by Edward Lloyd death of his son. In 1760 for the first time the " Lloyd 's Register of Shipping " was published. Nine years later opened some regulars the " New Lloyd 's Coffee House " in Pope 's Head Alley. They formed in 1771, an insurance company and went with it in 1774 as "The Society of Lloyds " on the stock market, also known as " Lloyd 's of London ".

The terms " Germanischer Lloyd " and " North German Lloyd " (later " Hapag -Lloyd " ) go indirectly back to the cafe. " Lloyds Bank ", however, comes from another source.