Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (25 September 1796 – 17 November 1883) was a British banker and politician.As early as 1832 he was recognized as one of the foremost authorities on banking, and he enjoyed much influence with successive ministries and chancellors of the exchequer.Loyd is considered one of the great figures in British monetary history, particularly with respect to the Bank Charter Act of 1844.In 1847 and 1848, he served on the committee of the British Relief Association, which raised almost half a million pounds on behalf of the famine victims in Ireland.She was the wife of Robert Lindsay, who assumed the additional surname of Loyd and was created Baron Wantage in 1885.
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