1845, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; and, since 5 May, 1847, has been serving in the Dragon steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Hutcheon Hall, now on the Lisbon station.
LLOYD. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
George Lloyd, born 13 Oct. 1793, is third son of John Lloyd, Esq. (Major in the 46th Regt., and Aide-de-Camp to Sir Henry Clinton during the American war, in which he received three wounds, the ultimate cause of his death), by Corbetta, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Holcombe, Archdeacon of Caermarthen, and Rector of Pwllcrochon, in Pembrokeshire. He is brother (with Major Wm. John Lloyd, R.A., who died at Brussels, 29 July, 1815, of a wound received at Waterloo) of the present John Wm. Lloyd, of Dan-yr-allt, co. Caermarthen, and South Park, Penshurst, Kent, and also of Lieut. Vaughan Lloyd, R.N. Capt. Lloyd, a distant relative of the late Admiral Wm. Lloyd, is nephew, by marriage, of the late Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy,. in the spring of 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, Capts. Herbert Sawyer, Gardiner Henry Guion, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, stationed in the Channel, where, until Feb. 1808, he continued to serve, as Midshipman, in the San Josef[1] and Hibernia, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Earl St. Vincent, and Plover sloop, Capt. Philip Browne. While next employed, between the latter date and Jan. 1812, in the Volontaire 38, and Cambrian 40, each commanded by Capt. Chas. Bullen, we find him coming into frequent contact with the enemy both on board those frigates and in their boats, particularly at the defence of Tarragona, the destruction of the batteries at Palamos, the capture of 19 merchantmen at Cadaques and of others at Selva, and the cutting out of a French vessel from under the Medas Islands. After he had been for some time Master’s Mate of the Africa 64, bearing the flag in North America of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and had for a short period acted as Lieutenant of the Rattler sloop, Capts. Alex. Gordon and John Thomson (under whom, it appears, he assisted at the capture of many vessels off New York and up the Chesapeake), Mr. Lloyd was confirmed to the latter vessel by commission dated 3 Nov. 1812. His next appointment was, 7 Dec. 1813, to the Trent 32, flag-ship on the Cork station of his friend Admiral Sawyer, who, on different occasions, allowed him to act as Commander of the Castilian 18, Pelican 18, and also of the Trent. On 1 Sept. 1814 Capt. Lloyd, then in command of the Castilian, fell in with the U.S. sloop Wasp of 22 guns, just as the latter had reduced H.M. brig Avon to the necessity of striking her colours. Having driven the American off the field, he immediately, in consequence of her repeated signals of distress, stood towards the British vessel, who, such had been her gallant resistance, went down almost before her crew could be removed.[2] Being officially promoted to the rank of Commander 8 Nov. 1815, Capt. Lloyd was in that capacity appointed, 22 Aug. 1827, to the Victor 18, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he made prize of Las Damas Argentinas, a notorious piratical schooner of 2 guns and 40 men, 28 of whom were hanged at St. Kitt’s. Since the receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 26 Aug. 1828, he has been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Gruffyd Clayton Lloyd passed his examination 8 April, 1844; served, as Mate, from Feb. 1845 until Aug. 1846, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; then joined the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence; and on 7 Oct. in the same year was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He has been serving, since 30 of the following Dec, in the Terrible steam-frigate of 800 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, and is now on the coast of Portugal.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Lloyd entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1828; passed his examination 26 Sept. 1834; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. His succeeding appointments were – in the course of 1842, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, and Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, all attached to the force in North America and the West Indies – 17 Feb. 1844, again to the Thunder, as Senior-Lieutenant – 11 Dec. 1844, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne – 11 Jan. 1845, to the Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. Birch, on the coast of Africa – and, 24 Aug. 1845, as only Lieutenant, to the Star 6, commanded on the same station by Capts. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop and Fred. Leopold Augustus Selwyn. He returned to England and was paid off in 1847.
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.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
John Hughes Lloyd, born 7 July, 1803, is second son of the late Rich. Hughes Lloyd, Esq., of Plymog, Gwerclas, and Bashall, Major of the Royal Merioneth Militia, by Caroline, daughter of Henry Thompson, Esq. This gentleman, whose family is of illustrious Welsh extraction, and who is a collateral descendant of King Henry VII., is brother of Capt. Edw. Salubury and Hugh-Hughes Lloyd, both of the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service.
This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1815; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his commission 12 Sept. 1831; and, with the exception of a servitude, from 23 Sept. 1834 until paid off 3 Oct. 1835, in the Aetna surveying-vessel, commanded on the coast of Africa by Lieut. Wm. Arlett, has since been on half-pay.
He married, 13 Feb. 1843, Mary, only child of Lucas Yeo Ward, Esq., a scion of the Wards of Northamptonshire. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
- ↑ The San Josef formed part of the fleet: under Admiral Cornwallis when that gallant officer pursued the French into Brest 22 Aug. 1805.
- ↑ Mr. James, in his ‘Naval History,’ and Lieut. Marshall, in his ‘Naval Biography,’ erroneously represent the Castilian to have been commanded, on the occasion, by Capt. David Braimer.
