Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-06
WOMAN 25 YEARS
POSES As A MAN
Death of Aged London Female
Reveals Amazing Masquerade
That Had Deceived All
VOTED AT MANY ELECTIONS
Lived Life of Honest, Hard Work
ing Citizen, Doing Only
Light Toll
Especial to The Herald)

Especial to The Herald)
LONDON, July 5.-A little more is
learned today of the remarkable wo-
man who moved about in North Lon
don for at least quarter of century
in the guise and character of man
Harry Lloyd" well known in the
Enfield district for twenty-one years
as a teacher of French and as doer
of odd jobs, died Saturday afternoon
and turned out to be a womanl
She appears to have carried off her
false assumption without the slightest
discredit, either to the sex she assumed
or the sex she repudiated. She had her
own reasons for becoming man
so far as can be ascertained, her only
reason for the change of dress was the
superior opportunity of making living
at mems work-and having taken the
character she lived the life of worthy,
honest, Woodworking citizen right up
to the time of her death.
HOW SECRET WAS FOUND
Her secret was discovered in this
way:
Harry Lloyd" had been living for
some years past in a small cottage in
Alma road, Enfield lock, with young
woman who was supposed to be (and
supposed herself to be) Henry Lloyd
daughter. The parent was IA years
old-an odd little figure of a man
scarcely more than four feet high,
speaking with a foreign accent in a
feminine voice, which somehow or
other never caused the slightest sus-
picion as to sex.
Harry Lloyd was very intelligent and
well educated and spoke, besides
French (Which he taught and which
he gave it to be understood was his
native tongue), Flemish and German.
This wonderful woman in mans attire
took a keen interest in politics, and
not only worked hard for Mr.. Branch,
the Liberal candidate at past elections,
but actually voted for him in three
elections up to 1906.
GOT WoMEN's RIGHTS
A warm advocate of "Votes for Wom-
en-" Harry Lloyd was thus in the un-
usually happy position of being able to
practice what she preached.
OF late years Lloyd earned living
by doing casual work for the Enfield
tradesmen, such as distributing hand
bills, but the daughter, to whom an
excellent education had been given,
had been the main support of the home
since 1907 with her salary as county
council teacher in a neighboring school.
At times Lloyd wore single eye
glass. thus earning the nickname OF
"Joe Chamberlain"
Three months ago Mrs. Lloyd (as
Harry Lloyd must now be called in
the absence of further knowledge) fell
Ill, and to the time of death was prac-
tically confined to the house. Through
out that period Miss Lloyd's entreaties
to have q doctor were strenuously re-
sisted; SO that none was sent for; but
on Saturday Miss Lloyd insisted on
sending for DR.. Foott. When he came
he found not only that the "old man
was dead, but that ''he" was a woman!
THE DAUGHTERS" PLIGHT =
The plight of the unfortunate daugh-
ter on learning the astounding truth
may be imagined. There is no doubt
whatever that she had lived all these
years with this remarkable woman In
the unquestioning belief that Harry
Lloyd" was her father. The dead wom-
an had brought the girl up from child
hood with all a fathers care and affec-
ton; and throughout that time, as Miss
Lloyd states, no hint had ever escaped
of her guardians astonishing secret.
Miss Lloyd's story to representative
of the Morning Leader incrseased the
interest and mystery of the dead wom-
ans career.
LIFE HISTORY
"My mother died in Ponders-end
when I was only years DID," she said,
"and from that time I regarded the de-
ceased as my father. 1 know that
she was living with my mother In
mans attire at the time of my mothers
death. 1t seems certain, too, that she
lived in England as a man for many
years before that. He told me he came
over from France In 1861, and other
stories that my father told me show
that he must have been an intimate OF
Bradlaugh, George Jacob Holyoake,
John Stuart Mill and Joseph Arch dur
ing the year before he knew my
mother.
''He-it must be observed that Miss
Lloyd, speaking of the woman now
dead, continually and naturally used
the personal pronoun masculine-used
to arrange Bradlaugh's meetings, and
he lived for some years $50 he told
mel with the Holyoake family. He as
sisted Austin Holyoake, brother of
George Jacob Holyoake, in the found
ing of the institute in Old street, city,
where he gave lectures and held
classes. So that obviously he must
have figured as a man for practically
the whole time he lived in England"
Miss Lloyd concluded by giving an
affectionate testimony to the care
and affection which the deceased
woman always showed to her. t'I owe
everything to her." she said, "and 1
shall always think of her as my be-
loved father"
Miss Lloyd's story of deceased's ac-
quaintance with Bradlaugh, Holyoake
and Mill was supported by the account
given to the Leader representative by
]. Smith, shoemaker of Ordnance
road, who said Lloyd used to sit for
hours in his shop talking familiarly
about these political worthless of the
past.
The inquest hour was yesterday fixed
for this evening in Enfield highway
board room. A curious fact is that
during the three months illness de-
ceased's hair (kept comparatively short
for so many years. had grown luxur-
iantly, and at the time of her death
reached nearly to her waist.