WALTER
LLOYD
(d.
1747
),
barrister-at-law
;
son of
Walter
Lloyd
of
Voelallt, Cards.
He m., probably in
1713
,
Elizabeth
, daughter and heiress of
Daniel
Evans
of
Peterwell
(
high sheriff
of
Cardiganshire
,
1692
). He was
mayor
of
Cardigan
,
1710
,
1711
,
1714
,
1718
,
1721
,
attorney-general
for
South Wales
(the counties of
Cardigan
,
Carmarthen
, and
Pembroke
), and
judge of equity
in
North and South Wales
,
1735
. He was
M.P.
for
Cardiganshire
,
1734-42
, voted for the Convention,
1739
, but was unseated, on petition, in
Feb. 1742
. He d.
1747
.
Walter
Lloyd
was succeeded in his estates and the office of
attorney-general for the three counties
by his eldest surviving son,
JOHN
LLOYD
(d.
1755
), who was
M.P.
for
Cardiganshire
from
1747
until his death in
1755
.
John
Lloyd
m. (1)
Elizabeth
, daughter and coheiress of
Sir
Isaac
Le Hemp
(or
Le Hoop
), who is mentioned in
Paul
Whitehead
The State Dunces
, and (2) a
Miss
Savage
. He was an intimate friend of many well-known men of the day including
Henry
Fox
(afterwards
lord Holland
)
Sir
Charles
Hanbury-Williams
(q.v.)
and
Richard
Rigby
, the
paymaster-general
. In
1750
he became the owner of the
Maes-y-felin estate
(
see the preceding article
) on the death of his brother-in-law,
Sir
Lucius Christianus
Lloyd
the
third and last baronet
. He d. without issue in
1755
and was buried at
Lampeter
.
John
Lloyd
was succeeded by his younger brother
HERBERT
LLOYD
(
1719
-
1769
) who had resided at
Voelallt
in the parish of
Llanddewibrefi
. He matriculated from
Jesus College
,
Oxford
in
1738
and was
called to the Bar
(
Inner Temple
) in
1742
. In the same year he m. his first wife a
Miss
Bragg
of
Essex
who d. in
1743
; he m. (2)
Anne
, daughter of
William
Powell
of
Nanteos
and widow of
Richard
Stedman
of
Strata Florida
.
Herbert
Lloyd
was
M.P.
for
Cardigan boroughs
from
1761 to 1768
, and was an unsuccessful candidate and petitioner in
1769
. On
2 Nov. 1761
he presented a congratulatory address from his constituency to
George
III
on his accession to the throne and on
26 Jan. 1763
he was created a
baronet
. Of imposing presence,
Sir
Herbert
was a man of great force of character, imperious, and tyrannical, and the reputed author of several violent deeds which have become almost legendary in
Cardiganshire
, and of which one has been the subject of a
Welsh
play. In his younger days he was the
leader of several riotous gatherings
, including the attack on
Lewis
Morris
(q.v.)
when the latter was
superintendent of the king's
mines
at
Esgair-mwyn
in
1753
. He d.
by his own hand
in
London
on
19 Aug. 1769
, his estates heavily encumbered by debt. With his death the
Lloyd
s
of
Peterwell
, who had bid fair to become one of the most powerful and influential families in
South Wales
, died out in the male line.
Major Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes, F.S.A., (1900-83), Monmouth /
Cirencester
