Background
The son of Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet, he was educated at Eton College and afterwards by a private tutor. He inherited the Bronwydd estate in 1877, at the age of twenty-six, on the death of his father.
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Marteine Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd
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Education
Eton College.
Career
The total debt facing the young squire was £100,000, several million in today"s terms. 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 Cardiganshire and was appointed High Sheriff of the county for 1881.
In addition, he served as a Master of Fox Hounds.
Political He unsuccessfully contested the Parliamentary Constituency 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.
Lloyd sought election, as Conservative candidate for the Troedyraur ward, to Cardiganshire County Council at the first elections in 1889 but was defeated by a local farmer, John Powell. He was subsequently made an alderman and served for two terms between 1898 and 1910.
Later The fortunes of the family declined after the war, because the Inland Revenue sought the payment of death duties.
The baronetage became extinct on Sir Marteine"s death, and Lady Lloyd died in 1937.
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Political Party
Conservative