Colonel Lewis Vivian Loyd DL (14 November 1852 – 21 September 1908) was a British

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politician. He was elected at the 1892 general election as the

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(MP) for

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, but did not seek re-election in

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, and did not stand for

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again. He was married on 14 August 1879 to Lady Mary Sophia Hely Hutchinson (1854–1936), daughter of 4th Earl of Donoughmore, a writer and translator with whom he had three children: two sons and a daughter. From his father's second cousin Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (1796–1883)Alwyne E Loyd (December 1990)
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he inherited the manor of Withybrook,

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, and the estate passed on his death to his oldest son Lewis Richard Loyd.

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* 1852 births 1908 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 Directors of the London and North Western Railway {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub