Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon (1 April 1805 – 14 July 1869), was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Kenyon was the son of

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, and Margaret Emma Hanmer. His grandfather was

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (5 October 1732 – 4 April 1802), was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Ha ...

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and

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. Kenyon was elected to the

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for the

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of St Michael's (also known as Mitchell) in 1830, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was disfranchised by the

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. In 1855 he succeeded his father as third Baron Kenyon and entered the

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. Lord Kenyon married Hon. Georgiana de Grey, daughter of

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, in 1833. He died in July 1869, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Lloyd. His second son George Thomas Kenyon was MP for Denbigh Boroughs. Lady Kenyon died in 1874.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

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