Richard Lloyd (c. 1703 – 16 July 1757), of Mabws, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1730 to 1741. Lloyd was the eldest son of Erasmus Lloyd of Mabws, Cardiganshire, and his wife Jane Pryse, daughter of Thomas Pryse of Glanfraed, a nephew of

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. He was admitted at

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on 14 April 1720. He married a daughter of Edward Games of Tregaer, Breconshire. Lloyd was returned on petition as a Whig

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for

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on 7 May 1730. He was re-elected at the

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. He voted with the Administration in all recorded divisions except that on the repeal of the Septennial Act, when he voted against them. He was defeated at the

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and after petitioning repeatedly, his petition was finally dismissed on 23 January 1746. Lloyd died on 16 July 1757, leaving one daughter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Richard 1700s births 1757 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741