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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Richard Eyre Lloyd<br />
| birth_date = 7 December 1906<ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947''</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Bolarum]], British India<br />
| death_date = 10 April 1991 (aged 85 years)<ref name="probate">''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995''</ref><br />
| death_place = New Forest, Hampshire, England<br />
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| branch = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
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| rank = [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major general]]<br />
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| battles = [[World War II|Second World War]]<br />
| awards = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br />
}}<br />
[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Richard Eyre Lloyd''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (7 December 1906 – 10 April 1991) was a [[British Army]] officer who served as [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Director of Military Intelligence]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Lloyd was commissioned into the [[Royal Engineers]]. He served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] in North West Europe for which he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37172|supp=y|page=3590|date=10 July 1945}}</ref><br />
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After the War he became Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for the [[British Army of the Rhine]] in February 1954, Chief of Staff for [[Middle East Command|Middle East Land Forces]] in June 1957 and [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Director of Military Intelligence]] in August 1959<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41795|supp=y|page=5257|date=21 August 1959}}</ref> before retiring in June 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army commands |accessdate=9 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref><br />
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He was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1957 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41089|supp=y|page=3373|date=4 June 1957}}</ref> and a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1959 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41727|supp=y|page=3699|date=13 June 1959}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Lloyd married Gill Patterson, daughter of Rear-Admiral [[Julian Patterson]], in September 1939. They lived in Germany, Cyprus and London before retiring to Lymington, Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Colin |date=2006-11-21 |title=Obituary: Gill Lloyd |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/21/obituaries.mainsection |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><br />
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