Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (17 September 1768 – 3 April 1854), known as Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet from 1795 to 1831, was a British politician.
Life
He was born the son of Bell Lloyd of Pontryffyd and Bodfach and succeeded his uncle Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baronet, as second Baronet of Pengwerra in 1795, according to a special remainder in the letters patent. On 11 February 1794 he married Elizabeth, third daughter of
Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.
He was
High Sheriff of Flintshire
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for 1796,
High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire
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for 1797 and
High Sheriff of Merionethshire
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for 1804. In 1806 he was elected to the
House of Commons
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for
Flint Boroughs, a seat he held until 1807 and again from 1812 to 1831 and also represented
Beaumaris
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between 1807 and 1812. In 1831, after his wife had inherited the main estates of the unmarried
Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in County Flint.
He lived at Pengwern, between
Rhuddlan
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and
St Asaph
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in
Flintshire
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, in a house that had been built by his great uncle, Sir Edward Lloyd. A guide book to the area published in 1847 described him as "a genuine Welshman
hospeaks with fluency the language of his country", adding that "his lordship keeps two packs of hounds for the amusement of his friends and the neighbouring gentry; and though in the 78th year of his age, seldom misses mounting his scarlet, particularly if the hounds turn out within eight or ten miles of his mansion."
In 1840 a group of friends and admirers presented him with a portrait of himself, painted by
Mary Martha Pearson
Mary Martha Pearson (née Dutton) (1798 –1871) was an English portrait painter.
Life
She was born on 18 June 1798 Some dates and spellings are corrected by in a letter to the editor on p, 303 of the same volume. in Birchin Lane in the City ...
.
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Lord Mostyn died in April 1854, aged 85, and was succeeded in his titles by his son ]Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
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Issue
1. Hon Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn MP born 13 January 1795. Married 20 June 1827 to Lady Harriet Margaret Scott (eldest daughter of the Earl of Clonmel, with issue)
2. Hon. Elizabeth b. 19 August 1796
3. Thomas Price d. 4 August 1800
4. Hon. Essex b. 18 April 1807
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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External links
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1768 births
1854 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
High Sheriffs of Flintshire
High Sheriffs of Caernarvonshire
High Sheriffs of Merionethshire
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies
UK MPs 1806–1807
UK MPs 1807–1812
UK MPs 1812–1818
UK MPs 1818–1820
UK MPs 1820–1826
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs who were granted peerages
Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Beaumaris