Sampson Samuel Lloyd (10 November 1820 – 3 March 1889)[1][2] was a British banker andConservative Party politician. He became chairman ofLloyds Bank and held a seat in theHouse of Commons for six years between 1874 and 1885.
Lloyd was the eldest son of George Braithwaite Lloyd, of The Farm inSparkbrook, Birmingham,[3] and his wife Mary, the daughter of John P. Dearman (also from Sparkbrook).[4]He was educated at private schools[4] and became ajustice of the peace (J.P.) forWarwickshire and forCity of Birmingham.[3] By 1884 he was chairman ofLloyds Bank.[3] For several years he was also chairman of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom.[3]
He was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for Parliament, firstly at a by-election in July 1867 in theLiberal Party stronghold ofBirmingham,[5] and then at the1868 general election in Birmingham.[5] In his election address in 1868 Lloyd took a strongantidisestablishmentarian stance on proposals todisestablish the (Anglican)Church of Ireland,[6] warning that such a move would undermine theProtestant basis of theBritish constitution, and fearing that it would lead to "a great increase in the political power of the hierarchy established in that country by the Court of Rome".[6]
At the1874 general election he was elected as a member of parliament (MP) forPlymouth,[7] winning a seat that had been held since1865 by the Liberals.[8] He held the seat for five years,[2] until his defeat at the1880 general election by the LiberalPeter Macliver.[8]
Lloyd was returned to the Commons at aby-election in November 1884 forSouth Warwickshire.[9][10] He held that seat until the constituency was abolished at the1885 general election,[1] when he was defeated by the LiberalLord William Compton in the newStratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire.[11]
Lloyd married twice, firstly in 1844 to Emma, the daughter of Samuel Reeve fromLeighton Buzzard.[4] He married again in 1865 to Marie, the daughter of his Excellency Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Menckhoff (1789–1866) of thePrussian Army.[4][12] One of his grandsons,George Ambrose Lloyd, was also a member of parliament.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPlymouth 1874 –1880 With:Edward Bates | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSouth Warwickshire 1884 –1885 With:Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt | Constituency abolished |