Major-General
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Banastyre Pryce Lloyd (1824 – 21 November 1882) was a British officer, linguist and civil servant.
Biography
Lloyd was the son of Llewelyn Lloyd, younger brother to
Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn, and of Jane Falkner. He was a cousin of
William H. C. Lloyd, Archdeacon of Durban.
He received a commission in the
East India Company
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and participated in several campaigns including the Gwalior Campaign. In 1846 he was civil commissioner of an Indian district and was there at the time of the
Indian Mutiny
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
. After being made a lieutenant-colonel he left
India
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for
Natal
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Places
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ...
,
South Africa
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to escape the unhealthy climate.
Lloyd's knowledge of
Hindustani made him invaluable to the colonial government who were responsible for a large minority of Indian immigrants. By 1872 he was Protector of Indian Immigrants under Law. In 1874 he was acting
Colonial Secretary of Natal and was given a seat on the Natal Legislative Council. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1875.
Marriage and children
He married Anna Grimes Stacey.
References
Sources
*''Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition ()
*''Who's Who: South Africa''
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1824 births
1882 deaths
British East India Company Army officers
Linguists from the United Kingdom