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Richard Savage Lloyd

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Richard Savage Lloyd (c.1730–1810), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Member of Parliament.[1]

Richard Savage Lloyd and mother. Painting by Thomas Gainsborough, 1745
Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk

He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintlesham, lawyer and solicitor-general and was educated at Eton College (1742–48) and St. John’s College, Cambridge. Like his father before him, he then entered the Middle Temple to study law. He succeeded his father in 1761 to Hintlesham Hall, now a Grade I listed building.[2]

He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1759 to 1768 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes.

He married and had 2 sons and 2 daughters and was succeeded by Richard Savage Lloyd, jnr.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "LLOYD, Richard Savage (c.1730-1810), of Hintlesham Hall, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ Historic England, "Hintlesham Hall (1036917)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 September 2018
  3. ^ "Hintlesham Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Totnes
1759 – 1768
With: Browse Trist to 1763
Henry Seymour 1763–68
Succeeded by