Charles Loyd

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Charles Loyd (12 February 1891 – 11 November 1973), nicknamed "Budget Loyd", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II.

Military career
Henry Loyd was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1910. He served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards in 1929, and was promoted to regimental commander in 1932. In 1934, he became a General Staff Officer at the War Office, moving on to be a Brigadier on the General Staff of the British Troops in Egypt in 1936. In 1938, he was appointed Commander of 1st Guards Brigade.

He also served during the Second World War being appointed GOC of 2nd Division in 1939. His Division formed part of the British Expeditionary Force and was withdrawn from France in the Dunkirk evacuation. In 1941, he took command of GHQ Home Forces before moving on to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command in 1942. His last appointment was as Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District in 1944, a post from which he retired in 1947.

In retirement he was a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. He lived at Geldeston Hall in Norfolk.

Family
He married Moyra Brodrick, a daughter of St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton; they had one son and one daughter.