- Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet
Sir Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (
8 February 1851 –4 April 1933 ), was the second of theLloyd Baronets ofBronwydd, Cardiganshire .The son of
Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet , he was educated atEton 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. The total debt facing the young squire was £100,000, several million in today's terms. While Lloyd made good progress towards paying off these debts, he never entirely succeeded, and the death of his only son and heir, Marteine Arundel Keymes Lloyd at theBattle of the Somme in 1916, rendered the actions a moot point. He married, in 1878, Katherine Helena, daughter of Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill, Glasgow. As well as a son, the couple had three daughters, Nesta, Peverel and Joan. Lloyd served as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant ofCardiganshire andHigh Sheriff of the county. In addition, he served as a Master of Foxhounds. He contested theParliamentary Constituency of East Carmarthenshire in 1885, an action that had disastrous consequences for the reputation of the Lloyds. The fortunes of the family declined after the war, because the Inland Revenue sought the payment of death duties. In an attempt at tax avoidance, Sir Marteine had transferred the estate to his son shortly before the latter's death on the Somme. The baronetage became extinct on Sir Marteine's death, and Lady Lloyd died in 1937.
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