Colonel Lewis Vivian Loyd DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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(14 November 1852 – 21 September 1908) was a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician.

He was elected at the 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

 as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Chatham

Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Kent

Kent

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, but did not seek re-election in 1895

United Kingdom general election, 1895

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, and did not stand for Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 again.

He was married on 14 August 1879 to Lady Mary Sophia Hely Hutchinson (1854–1936), daughter of 4th Earl of Donoughmore

Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore

Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore PC , styled Viscount Suirdale between 1832 and 1851, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...

, a writer and translator with whom he had three children: two sons and a daughter. From his uncle Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (1796–1883) he inherited the manor of Withybrook

Withybrook

Withybrook is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. According to the 2001 census its population was 232.The village is located in a valley just east of the old Fosse Way, about halfway between Nuneaton and Rugby on the B4112 road. Administratively it forms part of...

, Wolvey

Wolvey

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 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire

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, and the estate passed on his death to his oldest son Richard Lewis Loyd.

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