Morgan Lloyd
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Morgan Lloyd (1822 - 5 September 1893) was a Welsh Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.{{cite DWB|id=s-LLOY-MOR-1820|title=Lloyd, Morgan (1822-1893), barrister and politician|author=Edward Morgan Humphreys|year=1959|access-date=16 March 2022}}
Biography
Lloyd was the son of Morris Lloyd of Cefngellgwm, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh 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.[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/142/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]
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.{{Rayment-hc|b|1|date=March 2012}}
He later stood as the Liberal Unionist candidate for Anglesey.
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.
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Members of the Middle Temple
Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies
Category:19th-century King's Counsel
Category:Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates
Category:People from Trawsfynydd
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Beaumaris
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