Sampson Lloyd (MP)
Sampson Samuel Lloyd (10 November 1820 – 3 March 1889)
Career
Lloyd was the eldest son of George Braithwaite Lloyd, of The Farm in Sparkbrook, Birmingham,[3] and his wife Mary, the daughter of John P. Dearman (also from Sparkbrook).[4] He was educated at private schools
He was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for Parliament, firstly at a by-election in July 1867 in the
At the 1874 general election he was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Plymouth,[7] winning a seat that had been held since 1865 by the Liberals.[8] He held the seat for five years,[2] until his defeat at the 1880 general election by the Liberal Peter Macliver.[8]
Lloyd was returned to the Commons at a by-election in November 1884 for South Warwickshire.[9][10] He held that seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election,[1] when he was defeated by the Liberal Lord William Compton in the new Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire.[11]
Personal life
Lloyd married twice, firstly in 1844 to Emma, the daughter of Samuel Reeve from Leighton Buzzard.[4] He married again in 1865 to Marie, the daughter of his Excellency Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Menckhoff (1789-1866) of the Prussian Army.[4][12] One of his grandsons, George Ambrose Lloyd, was also a Member of Parliament.
See also
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ a b c d "Election Intelligence. South Warwickshire". The Times. London. 10 November 1884. p. 6, col B.
- ^ a b c d "New Members". The Times. London. 27 February 1874. p. 6, col A.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b "Election Intelligence". The Times. London. 18 August 1868. p. 10, col B.
- ^ "No. 24063". The London Gazette. 6 February 1874. p. 540.
- ^ a b Craig, page 241
- ^ "No. 25413". The London Gazette. 11 November 1884. p. 4837.
- ^ Craig, page 477
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Joseph Foster, The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them, S.79