| William Lloyd | |
| Birth Date: | 1725 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dan yr allt, Wales |
| Death Place: | Llangadog, Wales |
| Allegiance: | Great Britain |
| Serviceyears: | 1740–1796 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
| Commands: | HMS Otter HMS Invincible HMS Sphinx HMS Chesterfield HMS Princess Louisa HMS Conqueror |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
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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 to establish Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749).[4] [5] [6]
Lloyd's first command was of and, which later sank and is a British heritage site.[7]
During the Seven Years' War, Lloyd commanded at the Battle of Minorca (1756).[8] He also fought in the action of 5 April 1757 in the strait of Gibraltar when he commanded and the French fleet successfully evaded the British naval forces to arrive at Louisbourg.[9] Finally, he commanded at the Battle of Lagos (1759). In the battle, two of his crew were killed and six were wounded.[2] While still under Lloyd's command, the ship sank the following year off Drake's Island.[10] [11]
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 Llangadog, Wales and a stone monument was mounted on the wall.
In 1755, Lloyd was granted the power of attorney to receive rents from his father's estate.[12] In 1761 he was living in Hammersmith, Middlesex and inherited a large number of properties from his parents.[12] He contested the will of his relative Madame Bridget Bevan in 1779.[13]
Lloyd was born in Dan yr allt (formerly Allt y meibion), Llanelli, Carmarthenshire to John Lloyd (1702–1728) and Mary Lloyd.[14] [12] (When John died, Mary re-married Thomas Corbett of St Martin-in-the-Fields, esquire.)[12] William's siblings Vaughan and Rachel are buried in Hammersmith Church. Along with William, neither sibling married or had children.[12] Rachel was a wealthy Housekeeper at Kensington Palace and a pastel artist.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
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 High Sheriffs of Carmarthenshire.[20] William's father John created a monument in St. Cadog's church to his parents Thomas (d. 1720) and Rachel Lloyd (d.1702).[12] William's godchild John William Lloyd commissioned another monument in the St. Cadog's church for his son John Philipp Lloyd (d. 1849).[20] [21]
His will is in the National Archives.[20] [22] 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.[20] [23] He also left part of his estate to his godchild John William Lloyd.[20] [21]