Wilson Lloyd

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Wilson Lloyd (3 September 1835 – 4 September 1908)[1] was a British iron founder and a Conservative Party politician who twice sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1895.

Lloyd was the son of Samuel Lloyd (1795-1862), known as "Quaker Lloyd", and his wife Mary Honychurch. His father had developed the Old Park Ironworks at Wednesbury and by the mid-19th century, Messrs. Lloyds Foster and Co. was the town's leading ironworks, employing 1200 men. The family sold the Ironworks in 1867,[2]

Lloyd became a J.P. and an Alderman. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wednesbury at the 1885 general election,[3] but lost the seat in the 1886 election.[4] He was Wednesbury's second Mayor from 1888 to 1890.[2] At the 1892 general election, he was elected again as MP for Wednesbury,[5] but he did not stand again at the 1895 general election.[4]

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b Black Country Bugle Quaker Lloyd 4 May 2006
  3. ^ "No. 25541". The London Gazette. 18 December 1885. p. 6138.
  4. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 204. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. ^ "No. 26311". The London Gazette. 29 July 1892. p. 4311.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wednesbury
18851886
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wednesbury
18921895
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