Henry Lloyd Loring (c.1784–1822) was an English churchman. He was the first Archdeacon of Calcutta, serving from 1814"Alumni Oxonienses the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University of Oxford": Foster,J (Ed) Vol 3 p873: Oxford, Parker, 1888 until his death on 4 September 1822. The son of Joshua Loring of

Englefield, Berkshire Englefield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The village is mostly within the bounds of the private walled estate of Englefield House. The village is in the district of West Berkshire, close to Reading. Battle of E ...

, he was the grandson of

Joshua Loring Joshua Loring (3 August 1716 – September 1781Charles Henry Pope''Loring Genealogy''(Cambridge, Mass., 1917), pp. 78-79) was an 18th-century colonial American naval officer in British service. During the French and Indian War, he served as a ...

the naval officer.Charles Henry Pope
Loring Genealogy
(1917), p.46 He was educated at

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

, graduating

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in 1806, and becoming a

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a year later.

Family

His grandfather Joshua Loring was an 18th-century colonial American naval officer in British service (and a great great great great grandson of immigrant

Thomas Loring Thomas Loring was an early settler of Hingham and Hull, Massachusetts. He was present at some of the key moments in the earliest history of Hingham, Massachusetts. But later " e large Loring families were prominent in the town f Hull and remain ...

. His brother

John Wentworth Loring Admiral Sir John Wentworth Loring, KCB, KCH (13 October 1775 – 29 July 1852) was a Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century who is best known for his service in the Napoleonic Wars as a frigate commander. Born in the Thirteen ...

, was a

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officer of the early nineteenth century known for his service in the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

as a frigate commander; while his nephew William Loring was the first Commander-in-Chief of the

Australia Station The Australia Station was the British, and later Australian, naval command responsible for the waters around the Australian continent.Dennis et al. 2008, p.53. Australia Station was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, ...

.Bastock, John (1988), ''Ships on the Australia Station'', Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia.

References

Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Archdeacons of Calcutta Year of birth uncertain 1822 deaths {{Anglican-stub