Lloyd, Edward V, 1779-1834

Edward Lloyd V served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1800-1805, the US House of Representatives from 1806 -1809, as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809-1811, and was in the Maryland Senate from 1826-1831. He is credited as the creator of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever breed of dogs, which he bred from a Newfoundland named “Sailor” and the retrievers on his estate at Chesapeake Bay. He was born on July 22, 1779, at Wye House in Talbot County, Maryland, to Edward Lloyd IV and Elizabeth Tayloe. He was the only son in a family of children. He never went to a formal school but had private tutors at home. He married Sally Scott Murray on November 30, 1797. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters. Edward Lloyd V owned 468 enslaved and was a staunch proponent of slavery.