Sir Richard Lloyd (bapt. 31 May 1697 – 1761), of

Hintlesham Hall Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th-century Gr ...

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, was an English

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and Member of Parliament. Driveway to Hintlesham Hall - geograph

He was born the son of Talbot Lloyd of Lichfield and educated at

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and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He entered the

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in 1720 to study law, was

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in 1723, and made a

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in 1738. He succeeded his father before 1713, and his wife's brother to Crustwic. He was made

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(K.C.) in 1738 and appointed

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for 1754–6. He was elevated to serjeant-at-law in 1759, appointed a

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for 1759–61 and served as the

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of Harwich, Orford and Ipswich. He was knighted in 1745. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for Mitchell 14 May 1745 – 1747, for

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1747–1754 and for

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13 December 1754 – September 1759. Thomas Gainsborough 018

In 1745, he was the major beneficiary in the will of Lady Winchilsea (widow of

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea ( – 28 September 1689) was an English peer and diplomat who served as the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1660 to 1669. Early life Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Ear ...

) and in 1747 bought

in Suffolk from the Powys family. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of William Field of Crustwic, Essex, and had two sons and a daughter. His sons

Richard Savage Lloyd Richard Savage Lloyd (c.1730–1810), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintlesham, lawyer and solicitor-general and was educated at Eton College (1742 ...

and Heneage Lloyd, were both painted by

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. His eldest son and heir Richard Savage inherited Hintlesham and also followed his father as MP for Totnes.

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1697 births 1761 deaths People from Lichfield People from Babergh District Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple Solicitors general for England and Wales Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1754–1761 Members of Parliament for Maldon British MPs 1747–1754 Knights Bachelor {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub