Walter Lloyd (c. 1678–1747), of Peterwell, Cardiganshire, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1734 to 1742. Lloyd was the son of David Lloyd of Voelallt, Cardiganshire. He was admitted at

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in 1695 and matriculated at

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on 6 July 1697, aged 19. He was called to the bar in 1700 and was mayor of Cardigan in 1710 and 1711.Dictionary of Welsh Biography LLOYD family, of Peterwell, Cardiganshire
/ref> He married Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Daniel Evans of Peterwell in about 1713, which established the Lloyds as a political power in Cardiganshire since the Peterwell estate gave him control of Lampeter, and an electoral interest in the county. He was Mayor of Cardigan again in 1714. In 1715 he was appointed Attorney-general for South. Wales. He was twice more mayor of Cardigan in 1718 and 1721. He became a bencher of his Inn in 1725. Lloyd was returned unopposed as Whig

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for

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at the

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. At

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, he was returned in a contest, but was aided by the partisan conduct of a Whig sheriff. He supported Walpole’s Administration until Walpole’s fall in 1742, when he was unseated on petition by the anti-Walpole majority in the House of Commons on 22 March 1742. He stood unsuccessfully for

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at a by-election in 1746,. Lloyd died in February 1747 leaving five sons and four daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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, who was MP for Cardiganshire. His second son

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was the first of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Walter 1670s births 1747 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747