Richard Lloyd (Cardigan politician)

Richard Lloyd (c. 1703 – 16 July 1757), of Mabws, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1741.

Lloyd was the eldest son of Erasmus Lloyd of Mabws, Cardiganshire, and his wife Jane Pryse, daughter of Thomas Pryse of Glanfraed, a nephew of Lewis Pryse.

[1] He married a daughter of Edward Games of Tregaer, Breconshire.

[2] Lloyd was returned on petition as a Whig Member of Parliament for Cardigan Boroughs on 7 May 1730.

[2] Lloyd died on 16 July 1757, leaving one daughter.