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William Lloyd (British Naval officer)

William Lloyd
Admiral William Lloyd Monument, St Cadog's Church, Llangadog, Wales
Born(1725-06-28)28 June 1725
Dan yr allt, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Died19 July 1796(1796-07-19) (aged 71)
Llangadog, Wales, UK
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1740–1796
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsSeven Years' War
RelationsRachel Lloyd (Housekeeper)

Admiral William Lloyd was from Carmarthenshire, Wales and became an Admiral of the White for the Royal Navy.[1] [2][3] He sailed Governor Edward Cornwallis aboard HMS Sphinx to establish Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749).[4][5][6]

  1. ^ July 6, 1749 Pennsylvania Gazette
  2. ^ Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird); Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert); Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer); Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Roosevelt, Theodore; Laughton, L. G. Carr (Leonard George Carr) (30 November 1897). "The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present". London : S. Low, Marston and company, limited – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Davies, J. D. (25 September 2013). "Admiral William Lloyd (1725-96)".
  4. ^ In convoy under the command of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.
  5. ^ Hawke, 97
  6. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Sphinx' (1748)".

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