Sir Francis Lloyd (died 1669) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He fought in the

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army in the

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. Lloyd was the son of Sir

Marmaduke Lloyd Sir Marmaduke Lloyd (1585–c.1651) was a Welsh lawyer and landowner, as well as a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War. Lloyd was the son of Thomas Lloyd, a precentor at St David's Cathedral, and the nephew of M ...

of Maesyfelin,

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.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> In April 1640, Lloyd was elected

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for Carmarthen in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Carmarthen for the

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in November 1640. Lloyd was

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to King Charles I and was knighted at

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on 24 March 1643. He was disabled from sitting in parliament on 5 February 1644. In 1644 he was commander in chief of the horse for the King in

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until he was routed at Haverfordwest. He was taken prisoner at Hereford on 18 December 1645. He compounded for his estates on 24 January 1646. After the Restoration, Lloyd was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Charles II. Lloyd married firstly Mary Earl, daughter of John Earl of Carbery, and secondly Bridget Leigh daughter of Richard Leigh of Carmarthen.

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