Lloyd-Hughes was educated at
Woodhouse Grove School and
Jesus College, Oxford. He saw active service with the
75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery in Italy during the
Second World War. He spent 14 years as a journalist with the
Liverpool Daily Post and, in that role, got to know
Harold Wilson who was then the
member of parliament for
Huyton in Lancashire. Lloyd-Hughes was then recruited by Wilson and served as
Downing Street Press Secretary to the
Prime Minister between 1964 and 1969. Lloyd-Hughes was
knighted in the
1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. == References ==