Admiral William Lloyd was from

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and became an Admiral of the White for the

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. He sailed Governor

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aboard to establish

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(1749).

Naval career

His first command was of and , which later sank and is a British heritage site. During the

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, he commanded at the

Battle of Minorca (1756) The Battle of Minorca (20 May 1756) was a naval battle between French and British fleets. It was the opening sea battle of the Seven Years' War in the European theatre. Shortly after the war began British and French squadrons met off the Me ...

. 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 The naval Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Sir Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. They fought south west of the Gulf of C� ...

(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

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. After the war, Lloyd retired to the family estate in

. He rose by seniority through the various flag ranks, eventually becoming Admiral of the White on 1 June 1795. He was buried at

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and a stone monument was mounted on the wall.

Real estate

In 1755, he was granted the power of attorney to receive rents from his father's estate. In 1761 he was living in

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and inherited a large number of properties from his parents. He contested the will of his relative Madame

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in 1779.

Family

Dan yr Allt mansion, Wales by H R Lloyd (c

He was born in

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(formerly Allt y meibion),

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, Carmarthenshire to John Lloyd (1702–1728) and Mary Lloyd. (When John died, Mary re-married Thomas Corbett of

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, esquire.) William's siblings Vaughan and Rachel are buried in Hammersmith Church. Along with William, neither sibling married or had children. Rachel was a wealthy Housekeeper at

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and a

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artist. William died in 1796 and was buried in the St. Cadog's church along with his father John and grandfather Thomas, both of whom were

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. William's father John created a monument in St. Cadog's church to his parents Thomas (d. 1720) and Rachel Lloyd (d.1702). William's

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John William Lloyd commissioned another monument in the St. Cadog's church for his son John Philipp Lloyd (d. 1849). His will is in the National Archives. William divested the Dan y rallt estate to trustees for his kinsman Sir Thomas Stepney, 9th Baronet (d. 1825), the youngest son of Thomas Stepney of Llanelli, 7th baronet. He also left part of his estate to his

John William Lloyd.

Gallery

File:Thomas Lloyd (d.1720), St. Cadog's church, Wales.png, Admiral William Lloyd's grandfather Thomas Lloyd (d.1720), St. Cadog's church, Wales File:Rachel Lloyd - the Housekeeper, Kensington Palace, lived at Cynghordy Estate in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.png, William's sister Rachel Lloyd - the Housekeeper, Kensington Palace. File:Admiral William Lloyd Tomb, St Cadog's Church in Llangadog, Wales.jpg, Tomb of Admiral William Lloyd's godchild John William Lloyd, St Cadog's Church in Llangadog, Wales

References

External links

EXPLORATION TYWI! DAN YR ALLT, LLANGADOG, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION 2009 By Philip Poucher

Family Pedigree

Three Decks – William Lloyd
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