Walter Lloyd (1678–1747)

Walter Lloyd (c. 1678–1747), of Peterwell, Cardiganshire, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1742.

He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1695 and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 6 July 1697, aged 19.

[2] He married Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Daniel Evans of Peterwell in about 1713, which established the Lloyds as a political power in Cardiganshire since the Peterwell estate gave him control of Lampeter, and an electoral interest in the county.

[3] Lloyd was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire at the 1734 British general election.

At 1741 British general election, he was returned in a contest, but was aided by the partisan conduct of a Whig sheriff.