Richard Savage Lloyd (c.1730–1810), of
Hintlesham Hall
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The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th-century Gr ...
,
Suffolk
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, 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
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(1742–48) and
St. John’s College, Cambridge. Like his father before him, he then entered the
Middle Temple
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to study law. He succeeded his father in 1761 to Hintlesham Hall, now a
Grade I listed building
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.
He sat in the
House of Commons of Great Britain
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from 1759 to 1768 as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Totnes
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab ...
.
He married and had 2 sons and 2 daughters and was succeeded by Richard Savage Lloyd, jnr.
References
1730s births
1810 deaths
People from Babergh District
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Members of the Middle Temple
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes
British MPs 1754–1761
British MPs 1761–1768
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