# Archie Loyd

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{{short description|British politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name             = Archie Kirkman Loyd
| honorific_suffix = [KC](/source/King's_Counsel)
| image            = Archie Kirkman Loyd.jpg
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| caption          = 
| constituency_MP  = [Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)](/source/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| parliament       = United Kingdom
| majority         = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
| term_start       = 19 July 1895
| term_end         = 17 Jan 1906
| predecessor      = [Philip Wroughton](/source/Philip_Wroughton)
| successor        = [Edward Anthony Strauss](/source/Edward_Anthony_Strauss)
| term_start2      = 29 Aug 1916
| term_end2        = 14 December 1918
| predecessor2     = [Harold Greenwood Henderson](/source/Harold_Greenwood_Henderson)
| successor2       = [John Tyson Wigan](/source/John_Tyson_Wigan)
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1847|1|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Agra](/source/Agra), [North-Western Provinces](/source/North-Western_Provinces), [India](/source/British_Raj)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1922|12|1|1847|1|22|df=yes}}
| death_place      = Chelsea, London, England
| spouse           = Henrietta Louisa Clutterbuck
| party            = [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
| relations        = 
| children         = 4 sons
| alma_mater       = [Brighton College](/source/Brighton_College)
| occupation       = 
| profession       = Barrister
| signature        = 
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| website          = 
| footnotes        =  
}}
'''Archie Kirkman Loyd''', [KC](/source/King's_Counsel) (22 January 1847 – 1 December 1922) was a British civil servant, barrister and twice Member of Parliament for [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<ref name="times43204" />

==Early life==
Loyd was born on 22 January 1847 in [Agra](/source/Agra) in the [North-Western Provinces](/source/North-Western_Provinces) of [India](/source/British_Raj), the third son of Thomas Kirkman Loyd and Annie Hirst Loyd (née Haig). He was educated at [Brighton College](/source/Brighton_College) then as a pupil of [Walter Wren](/source/Walter_Wren), he took the open competition for the Indian Civil Service and later won prizes for English Law and Hindi.<ref name="times43204" /> He resigned for the Indian Civil Service in 1868 when he was called to the bar by the [Middle Temple](/source/Middle_Temple) and in 1892 he was appointed a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel).<ref name="times43204" />

==Politics==
In the [1895 General Election](/source/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election) he was elected as a Member of Parliament for [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) as a member of the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)).<ref name="times43204" /><ref name="rayment" /> He retired in 1905 but was returned again as a member in a [by-election](/source/1916_Abingdon_by-election) which he held until November 1918.<ref name="times43204" /><ref name="rayment" /> He was appointed a [deputy lieutenant](/source/deputy_lieutenant) of [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) in 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27181 |page=2354 | date=10 April 1900}}</ref>

==Red Cross and other work==
Loyd worked with his second cousin's husband, [Lord Wantage](/source/Robert_Loyd-Lindsay%2C_1st_Baron_Wantage), who had formed the National Aid Society in 1870, the society helped the sick and wounded from war and Loyd worked abroad for the Society particularly during the Franco-German war and in Turkey and Serbia.<ref name="times43204" /> Loyd was one of only two survivors of the original society when in 1905 it changed name as the [British Red Cross Society](/source/British_Red_Cross) and he became vice-chairman of the society's council.<ref name="times43204" /> He was on the governing body of [Abingdon School](/source/Abingdon_School) from 1901 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1924_March_V006_N011.pdf#page=1|title=School Notes|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref>

==Family life==
Loyd had married Henrietta Louisa Clutterbuck in 1885 and they had four sons. They lived at Downs House in [Wantage](/source/Wantage) in [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) (now [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire)). He had a serious operation in November 1918 which restricted his activities and he died on 1 December 1922 at his home 21 Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London.<ref name="times43204" />

== References ==
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<ref name="times43204">
{{Cite newspaper The Times
|title=Obituary - Mr. A.K. Loyd, K.C.
|author=
|department=Obituaries
|date=2 December 1922
|page=12
|pages=
|issue=43204
|column=E
}}</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs |mr-archie-loyd| Archie Loyd}}

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 | title  = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years  = [1895](/source/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election) – [1906](/source/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election)
 | before = [Philip Wroughton](/source/Philip_Wroughton)
 | after  = [Edward Anthony Strauss](/source/Edward_Anthony_Strauss)
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 | title  = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years  = [1916](/source/1916_Abingdon_by-election) – [1918](/source/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election)
 | before = [Harold Greenwood Henderson](/source/Harold_Greenwood_Henderson)
 | after  = [John Tyson Wigan](/source/John_Tyson_Wigan)
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Category:Governors of Abingdon School
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