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Mary S. Loyd, 1854-1936

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 1854
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1936.7.30
Place of Death: Windsor

Identity:

Lady Mary S. Loyd was an author. She was the daughter of Richard John, 4th Earl of Donoughmore (1823-1866) and Thomasina Jocelyn, the daughter of Walter Steele of Monalty. She had five brothers and one sister. She married Lewis Vivian Loyd, the M.P. for Chatham (1892-95).

Life:

Loyd's publications include Brother and Sister: A Memoir and the Letters of Ernest and Henriette Renan, Villiers d'Isle Adam and Memoirs of the Prince de Joinville. She also translated the New Letters of Napoleon I and Columba and Carmen.

Bibliography:

Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Titles of Courtesy, London, 1878; Who's Who, London, 1905; Who was who: a cumulated index, 1897-1990, London, 1991.