Thomas Lloyd (1814 – 23 January 1890) was a British Liberal politician. He served on the Birmingham council from 1855 to 1865, during which time he was an alderman (1856-1865) and mayor (1859). He resigned in 1865 to take up his directorship at Lloyds Bank. Lloyd was elected MP for

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

at a by-election in October 1863, but was unseated in April 1864 due to bribery. Lloyd stood for election in

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

at Bewdley but lost in an election which was also marred with bribery.

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* UK MPs 1859–1865 1814 births 1890 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub