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William Lloyd (actor)
William Lloyd may refer to: Military * William Lloyd (British Naval officer) (1725–1796), Admiral of the White * William Lloyd (British Army officer) (1778–1815), British soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, wounded at the Battle of Waterloo *William Alvin Lloyd (1822–1868), steamboat and railroad guide publisher, was employed during the Civil War as a personal spy for President Abraham Lincoln * William R. Lloyd (1916–1942), Naval officer * William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (born 1927), British peer and soldier Politics *William F. Lloyd (1864–1937), newspaper editor and Prime Minister of Newfoundland * William Henry Lloyd (1932–1992), Baltimore attorney, candidate for the U.S House of Representatives * William P. Lloyd (1837–1911), American politician from Pennsylvania * William R. Lloyd, Jr. (born 1947), Pennsylvania politician *William Lloyd (councillor) (born 1988), Brentwood First councillor *J. William Lloyd (1857–1940), American individualist anarchist *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (British Naval Officer)
Admiral William Lloyd was from Carmarthenshire, Wales and became an Admiral of the White for the Royal Navy. He sailed Governor Edward Cornwallis aboard to establish Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749). Naval career His first command was of and , which later sank and is a British heritage site. During the Seven Years' War, he commanded at the Battle of Minorca (1756). He also fought in the action of April 5, 1757 in the strait of Gibraltar when he commanded and the French fleet successfully evaded the British naval forces to arrive at Louisbourg. Finally, he commanded at the Battle of Lagos (1759). In the battle, two of his crew were killed and six were wounded. While still under Lloyd's command, the ship sank the following year off Drake's Island. After the war, Lloyd retired to the family estate in Carmarthenshire. He rose by seniority through the various flag ranks, eventually becoming Admiral of the White on 1 June 1795. He was buried at St Cadog's Church in Llangado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (bishop Of Killala And Achonry)
William Lloyd was an Irish Anglican priest in the last quarter of the seventeenth century and the first quarter of the eighteenth. He was Dean of Achonry from 1683 to 1691 and Bishop of Killala and Achonry from then until his death on 11 December 1716.“A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ..., 1976 References 1716 deaths 17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killala and Achonry Deans of Achonry Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (rugby Union)
William Lloyd (born 14 May 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for London Irish in the Aviva Premiership. Career Lloyd played his junior rugby in the region but moved over the bridge to Auckland in 2012 and played his club rugby with Auckland Marist. He was called up by the ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season to train as an apprentice in the absence of the injured Culum Retallick, however he was unable to win a full-time contract. He was subsequently part of the side for the 2014 ITM Cup and made 7 appearances which duly convinced the Blues to include him in their wider training group for 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri .... Lloyd signed for London Irish for the remainder of the 2015/2016 Aviva Premiership season i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (rugby League)
William Wallace Brooks 'Bill' Lloyd (1934–2011) was an Australian rugby league footballer. Born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Lloyd played his junior football with Collaroy Surf Club and Narrabeen Junior Rugby League Club before making his New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sout ... debut for Manly-Warringah club in 1955. Lloyd retired from rugby league in 1960 after 87 games with Manly. References 1934 births Australian rugby league players Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Living people Rugby league players from Sydney {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alford Lloyd
William Alford Lloyd (1826–1880) was an English self-taught zoologist who became the first professional aquarist. Inspired by Gosse's new book, ''The Aquarium'', published in 1854 Lloyd, who worked for a bookseller, began keeping marine animals in glass tanks. On 14 July 1855 he opened a shop advertised in Notes & Queries as “selling everything relating to aquaria” at 164 St John Street Road, Clerkenwell, London. In 1856 he opened a new shop “The Aquarium Warehouse” at 20, Portland Road, Regent's Park and in 1860 he supervised the installation of an aquarium The Gardens of the Society of Acclimatation in Bois de Boulogne in Paris. By the 1860s the aquarium craze was over, at least in England, and Lloyd went bankrupt and in 1862 supported by Richard Owen he moved to Grindel Dammthor, Hamburg to supervise the installation of the circulating system and tanks at the Hamburg Aquarium. Success in Germany led to his appointment as Superintendent of the Crystal Palace Aquari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (engineer)
William Lloyd (12 October 1822 – 15 July 1905) was a British railway engineer who was instrumental in the construction of several railways in the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. .... Career William Lloyd started his engineering career while serving five years pupilage to Mr Joseph Gibbs. He was given this position by Gibbs to make a survey of ironworks at Marquise in France and to lay out a railway line to the port of Ambleteuse. After completing this line he was given the post of Resident Engineer on a section of the French Northern Railway. He returned to England in 1844 where he worked on various rail projects for eight years under Mr George Stephenson and Mr George Parker Bidder. In 1853 he was employed by the Swedish Government Railways to undert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkiss Lloyd
William Watkiss Lloyd (11 March 1813 – 22 December 1893) was an English writer with wide interests. These included fine art, architecture, archaeology, Shakespeare, and classical and modern languages and literature. Life Lloyd was born at Homerton, then in Middlesex, and educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme High School. At the age of 15 he entered a family tobacco business in London, where he remained until his retirement in 1864. In 1868 he married Ellen Brooker Beale (died 1900). He died in London. Works The work for which Lloyd is best known is ''The Age of Pericles'' (1875), which is notable for its scholarship and appreciation of its period, but hampered by a difficult and at times obscure style. He also wrote: *''Xanthian Marbles'' (1845) *''Critical Essays upon Shakespeare's Plays'' (1875) *''Christianity in the Cartoons Raphael.html" ;"title="f Raphael">f Raphael' (1865), which excited considerable attention from the way in which theological questions were discussed. *''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forster Lloyd
William Forster Lloyd FRS (1794 – 2 June 1852) was a British writer on economics. He is best known today for one of his 1833 lectures on population control which have influenced writers in modern economic theory. Life Born in 1794 at Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, he was the fourth son of Thomas Lloyd, rector of Aston-sub-Edge, and his wife, Elizabeth Ryder; Charles Lloyd was his elder brother. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating BA in 1815 and MA in 1818. He was Greek Reader in 1823, Mathematical lecturer and Drummond Professor of Political Economy (1832–1837) at Christ Church, Oxford (successor to Nassau Senior). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834, and died at Prestwood, Missenden, Buckinghamshire in 1852. Influential lectures Lloyd published several of his lectures. In his ''Two Lectures on the Checks to Population'' (1833) he introduced the concept of the overuse of a common by its commoners (i.e. those with rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (mountaineer)
Major Sir William Lloyd (29 December 1782 – 16 May 1857) was a Welsh military commander, and was one of the first Europeans to ascend a Himalayan peak. He was born in Wrexham, the eldest son of Richard Myddleton Massie Lloyd of Plas Power, Bersham, a wealthy mercer ''(Welsh flannel, linen, wool and cloth dealer)'' and later, a banker, and Mary Bowey, the daughter of William Bowey (1725–1820), of Chester, Cheshire. He was educated at Ruthin School. In 1798, he obtained a commission in the army of the Honourable East India Company, and landing in India a year later, with the Rank of Lieutenant. He later became Captain in the Bengal Infantry, commanding the Residency Escort at Nagpore for 14 years.Arthur Sleigh, ''The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List'', April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 5. In 1814, he inherited the Bryn Estyn estate, Bieston, Wrexham, and other lands and propert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Freeman Lloyd
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lloyd (Methodist Minister)
William Lloyd (1771 – 10 April 1841) was a Welsh Anglican priest who became a schoolteacher and Methodist preacher. Life Lloyd, who was born in 1771, was educated at the grammar school in Botwnnog and at Jesus College, Oxford. In 1801, he was ordained and became curate in Rhoscolyn, Llanfair yn Neubwll, and Llanfihangel, Anglesey. In 1805, his support for the Methodists led to his being deprived of his parish positions, and he thereafter became a schoolmaster in north Wales, firstly near Clynnog Fawr and then, from 1817 onwards, in Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is .... He was regarded as a pious man and an influential cleric, although not as a great preacher. He died on 10 April 1841 and was buried in Llanbeblig near Caernarfon. References {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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