A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lloyd, John
LLOYD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
John Lloyd entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Stewart, bearing the flag on the Downs of Lord Keith, whom he followed, in Aug. 1805, into the Edgar 74. From Feb. 1806 until June, 1809, he again served in the Monarch, commanded during that period by Capts. John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee; under the latter of whom (besides assisting, as Midshipman, at Sir Sam. Hood’s capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates, on which occasion the Monarch acted a very prominent part, compelled La Minerve of 44 guns and 650 men to surrender, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 wounded) he was employed in blockading the Tagus, and in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. Joining, next, the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, in which ship he continued until Sept. 1810, Mr. Lloyd, previously to making a voyage to the West Indies, accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren. In June, 1811, he was received on board the San Juan 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, lying at Gibraltar, where, and off Lisbon, he served, until Jan. 1814, in the Sabrina 20, Capt. Mackenzie, and Stately 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22 July following, in the San Juan, bearing the flag at the time of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; and he was lastly, from Aug. to Nov. In the same year, employed on gun-boat service in the Straits and at Cadiz. Agents – Pettet and Newton.