Sir Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (8 February 1851–4 April 1933), was the second of the

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of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire. The son of

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, he was educated at

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and afterwards by a private tutor. He inherited the

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estate in 1877, at the age of twenty-six, on the death of his father. The total debt facing the young squire was £100,000, several million in today's terms. While Lloyd made good progress towards paying off these debts, he never entirely succeeded, and the death of his only son and heir, Marteine Arundel Keymes Lloyd at the

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in 1916, rendered the actions a moot point. He married, in 1878, Katherine Helena, daughter of Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill, Glasgow. As well as a son, the couple had three daughters, Nesta, Peverel and Joan. Lloyd served as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant of

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and was appointed High Sheriff of the county for 1881. In addition, he served as a Master of Fox Hounds.

Political career

He unsuccessfully contested the

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of East Carmarthenshire in 1885, even though he admitted that the constituency was not well known to him. This was seen as an action that had disastrous consequences for the reputation of the Lloyds.

Local politics

Lloyd sought election, as Conservative candidate for the Troedyraur ward, to

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at the first elections in

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but was defeated by a local farmer, John Powell. In

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he narrowly won a by-election at New Quay and remained as a councillor in 1898. He was subsequently made an alderman and served for two terms between 1898 and 1910.

Later life

The fortunes of the family declined after the war, because the Inland Revenue sought the payment of death duties. In an attempt at tax avoidance, Sir Marteine had transferred the estate to his son shortly before the latter's death on the Somme. The baronetage became extinct on Sir Marteine's death, and Lady Lloyd died in 1937.

References

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