Sampson Samuel Lloyd (10 November 1820 – 3 March 1889) was a British banker and

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politician. He became chairman of

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and held a seat in the

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for six years between 1874 and 1885.

Career

Lloyd was the eldest son of George Braithwaite Lloyd, of The Farm in

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, Birmingham, and his wife Mary, the daughter of John P. Dearman (also from Sparkbrook). He was educated at private schools and became a

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(J.P.) for

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and for

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. By 1884 he was chairman of

. For several years he was also chairman of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom. He was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for Parliament, firstly at a by-election in July 1867 in the

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stronghold of

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, and then at the 1868 general election in Birmingham. In his election address in 1868 Lloyd took a strong

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stance on proposals to

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the (Anglican)

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, warning that such a move would undermine the

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basis of the

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, and fearing that it would lead to "a great increase in the political power of the hierarchy established in that country by the Court of Rome". At the 1874 general election he was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for

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, winning a seat that had been held since

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by the Liberals.Craig, page 241 He held the seat for five years, until his defeat at the 1880 general election by the Liberal Peter Macliver. Lloyd was returned to the Commons at a by-election in November 1884 for South Warwickshire. He held that seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election, when he was defeated by the Liberal Lord William Compton in the new Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire.

Personal life

Lloyd married twice, firstly in 1844 to Emma, the daughter of Samuel Reeve from

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. He married again in 1865 to Marie, the daughter of his Excellency Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Menckhoff (1789-1866) of the

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.Joseph Foster, The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them
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/ref> One of his grandsons, George Ambrose Lloyd, was also a Member of Parliament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Sampson English bankers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Plymouth People from Birmingham, West Midlands Lloyds Banking Group people 1820 births 1889 deaths 19th-century English businesspeople Lloyd family of Birmingham

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