Morgan Lloyd
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Morgan Lloyd was a Welsh Liberal
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.
Lloyd was the son of Morris Lloyd of Cefngellgwm, Merionethshire
. He was educated at Edinburgh University and was called to the bar at Middle Temple
in 1847. He became a QC
in February 1873 and became a bencher of his Inn in 1875. He was JP for Merioneth.
At the 1868 general election
Lloyd stood unsuccessfully at Anglesey. In 1874 he was elected Member of Parliament
for Beaumaris
. He held the seat until 1885 when it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
.
Lloyd died at the age of 71.
Lloyd married firstly Mary Fleeming, daughter of Admiral Elphinstone Fleeming in 1848. He married secondly in 1879 Priscilla Willy Lewes daughter of James Lewis of Cwnhyar, Cardiganshire.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.
Lloyd was the son of Morris Lloyd of Cefngellgwm, Merionethshire
Merionethshire
Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.The administrative county of Merioneth, created under the Local Government Act 1888, was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1974...
. He was educated at Edinburgh University and was called to the bar at Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
in 1847. He became a QC
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in February 1873 and became a bencher of his Inn in 1875. He was JP for Merioneth.
At the 1868 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
Lloyd stood unsuccessfully at Anglesey. In 1874 he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Beaumaris
Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)
Beaumaris was a parliamentary borough in Anglesey, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1553, then to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when the constituency...
. He held the seat until 1885 when it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
.
Lloyd died at the age of 71.
Lloyd married firstly Mary Fleeming, daughter of Admiral Elphinstone Fleeming in 1848. He married secondly in 1879 Priscilla Willy Lewes daughter of James Lewis of Cwnhyar, Cardiganshire.