Archie Kirkman Loyd KC (22 January 1847 – 1 December 1922) was a British barrister and twice Member of Parliament for Abingdon.

Early life

Loyd was born on 22 January 1847 in

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in the

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, the third son of Thomas Kirkman Loyd and Annie Hirst Loyd (née Haig). He was educated at

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then as a pupil of

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, he took the open competition for the Indian Civil Service and later won prizes for English Law and Hindi. He resigned for the Indian Civil Service in 1868 when he was called to the bar by the

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and in 1892 he was appointed a

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Politics

In the 1895 General Election he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Abingdon as a member of the

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. He retired in 1905 but was returned again as a member in a

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which he held until November 1918. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1900.

Red Cross and other work

Loyd worked with his 2nd cousin's husband, Lord Wantage, who had formed the National Aid Society in 1870, the society helped the sick and wounded from war and Loyd worked abroad for the Society particularly during the Franco-German war and in Turkey and Serbia. Loyd was one of only two survivors of the original society when in 1905 it changed name as the

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and he became vice-chairman of the society's council. He was on the governing body of

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from 1901 to 1922.

Family life

Loyd had married Henrietta Louisa Clutterbuck in 1885 and they had four sons. They lived at Downs House in

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(now

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). He had a serious operation in November 1918 which restricted his activities and he died on 1 December 1922 at his home 21 Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loyd, Archie Kirkman 1847 births 1922 deaths English King's Counsel Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Berkshire Members of the Middle Temple People educated at Brighton College People from Agra UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910–1918 People from Wantage Governors of Abingdon School