Arthur Thomas Loyd (19 April 1882 – 8 November 1944) was a Conservative Party politician in England.

Early life

Born in

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

, Loyd belonged to a Welsh family, several members of which settled in

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

. His uncle,

Archie Kirkman Loyd 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 Agra in the North-Western Provinces of India, the third son of Th ...

, was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Abingdon from 1895 to 1906 and from 1916 to 1918. In 1920, Loyd inherited Lockinge House from

Lady Wantage Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay (née Jones-Loyd), Baroness Wantage (30 June 1837 – 9 August 1920), was a British art collector and benefactor. She was the sole heiress to the fortune of her parents Harriet Wright and Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron ...

, the wife of his father's second cousin.

Political career

Loyd was subsequently elected MP for Abingdon at a by-election in 1921, and represented the division until he stood down at the 1923 general election.

Other work

He was on the governing body of

Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

from 1921 to 1923 and again from 1935 to 1944 in addition to be the Chairman of the Governors from 1939 until his death in 1944. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 1935 until his death in Stepney in 1944 aged 62.

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* 1882 births 1944 deaths Lord-Lieutenants of Berkshire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Vale of White Horse (district) UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 Governors of Abingdon School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub