Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon (1 April 1805 – 14 July 1869), was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Kenyon was the son of George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon, 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 i ...

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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 Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham, 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 George Thomas Kenyon (28 December 1840 – 26 January 1908) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1906. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron 1805 births 1869 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Mitchell UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs who inherited peerages 3