Painter of the Monmouthshire landscape, born in Plymouth, Devon, where he studied at Plymouth College, 1908–12, with the Cornish artist John Barlow. During World War I served with the Devon Regiment in India and Egypt, painting while off-duty. In 1920 married a Newport, Monmouthshire, teacher Annie Rogers, moving to Chepstow to live. Became a regular exhibitor at RA, 1920–1950. In 1948, was commissioned by Ceylon government to produce a suite of 68 pictures to celebrate independence. Many public and private collections hold Floyd’s work, shown in A Feeling for Landscape by Newport Museum and Art Gallery in 1998.