Wilson Lloyd (3 September 1835 – 4 September 1908) was an English
iron founder An iron founder (also iron-founder or ironfounder) in its more general sense is a worker in molten ferrous metal, generally working within an iron foundry. However, the term 'iron founder' is usually reserved for the owner or manager of an iron foun ...
and a
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
politician who twice sat in the
House of Commons between 1885 and 1895.
Lloyd was the son of Samuel Lloyd (1795-1862), known as "
Quaker
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Lloyd", and his wife Mary Honychurch. His father had developed the Old Park Ironworks at
Wednesbury and by the mid-19th century, Messrs. Lloyds Foster and Co. was the town's leading ironworks, employing 1200 men. The family sold the Ironworks in 1867,
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Lloyd became a J.P. and an Alderman. He was elected as the Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for Wednesbury at the 1885 general election, but lost the seat in the 1886 election.
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1835 births
1908 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1892–1895
Mayors of places in the West Midlands (county)
Politics of Sandwell
People from Wednesbury
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