William Lloyd | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Admiral_William_Lloyd_Monument,_St_Cadog%27s_Church_in_Llangadog,_Wales.jpg) Memorial to Lloyd, St Cadog's Church, Llangadog | |
| Born | 28 June 1725 Dan yr allt, Wales |
| Died | 19 July 1796 (aged 71) Llangadog, Wales |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1740–1796 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Otter HMS Invincible HMS Sphinx HMS Chesterfield HMS Princess Louisa HMS Conqueror |
| Battles / wars | |
Admiral William Lloyd (28 June 1725 – 19 July 1796) was a Royal Navy officer from Carmarthenshire, Wales, rising to become an Admiral of the White.[1] [2][3] He sailed Governor Edward Cornwallis aboard HMS Sphinx to establish Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749).[4][5][6]
- ^ July 6, 1749 Pennsylvania Gazette
- ^ 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.
- ^ Davies, J. D. (25 September 2013). "Admiral William Lloyd (1725-96)".
- ^ In convoy under the command of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.
- ^ Hawke, 97
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Sphinx' (1748)".