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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Vesey, Charles

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​VESEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Vesey passed his examination 12 April, 1843; served as Mate in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West at Devonport, and in the Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, on the coast of Africa; was nominated, 13 July, 1846, Acting-Lieutenant, on the latter station, of the Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Edmunds; and was officially promoted 9 Nov. following. He has been employed, since 19 Jan. 1848, as Additional-Lieutenant of the Wellesley 72, flag-ship of the Earl of Dundonald in North America and the West Indies.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Vevers, George

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​VEVERS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
George Vevers entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, under whose command (deducting an interval from 1810 to 1812, passed as a Supernumerary in the Royal William, Revenge, and Royal George, Capts. Robt. Hall, John Nash, and Andw. King, at Spithead, in the Channel, and off Brest) he continued employed as Midshipman in the same ship and in La Hogue 74, in the Mediterranean and on the coast of North America, until 1814. In the Endymion he was present at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and in La Hogue he assisted, among other operations, in blockading some of the enemy’s frigates in New London. After serving for a few months with Capt. Adam Mackenzie in a guard-ship at Sheerness, and with Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett in the Leven 20, at Spithead, he was promoted, 7 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. From Jan. until Nov. 1818 he was stationed at St. Helena in the Conqueror 74, Capts. John Davie and Fras. Stanfell, and Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hennah, Edward

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​HENNAH. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 14; h-p., 19.)
Edward Hennah, born 12 Aug. 1800, is only son of Capt. Wm. Hennah, R.N., C.B. (1806), who died in 1832; grandson of the Rev. Rich. Hennah, Vicar of St. Austle, and Rector of St. Michael Penkirell, both in the county of Cornwall, and domestic Chaplain to Viscount Falmouth; and cousin of the Rev. Wm. Veale Hennah, Retired Chaplain, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1814, as Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Sir Christopher Cole. From Sept. 1814 until July, 1815, he was employed on the American coast in the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker; and he afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1821, served, on the Home, Halifax, and Mediterranean stations, in the Puissant, Albion, Queen, and Northumberland 74’s, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page, Philip Somerville, and Jas. Walker, and Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then received an appointment to the Ordinary on the Canadian Lakes, under Capt. Sir Robt. Barrie, but, returning home in the spring of 1822, was not again employed until 1841, on 27 Aug. in which year he joined the Coast Guard, in which service he still continues.
Lieut. Hennah married, 28 Oct. 1825, Anne, daughter of Sam. Jewel, Esq., Surgeon, of Tregony, co. Cornwall, a descendant of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, the celebrated Anglican Reformer. By that lady he has issue five children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henry, George Augustus

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​HENRY. (Commander, 1841- f-p., 1 6; h-p., 8.)
George Augustus Henry, born 6 Oct. 1809, in Dublin, is brother of Capt. Hastings R. Henry, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1823, as a Volunteer, on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt. Wm. Hen. Webley Parry, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Benj. Hallowell. In 1825, having previously attained the rating of Midshipman, he joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in the boats belonging to which frigate he appears to have been very often employed in the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean; where, on removing to the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, he bore a part in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Passing his examination in 1829, he was next, for upwards of two years, employed again at Chatham, and then in South America, on board the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood, and Druid 46, Capt. G. W. Hamilton. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 24 Jan. 1832, Mr. Henry was in that capacity appointed – 27 Feb. and 23 Nov. 1832, to the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker, and Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, both on the station last mentioned, whence he returned home and was paid off in June, 1833 – 6 June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Bladen Capel in the East Indies, where he remained about four years – and, 16 May, 1840, as First, to the Southampton 50, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, at the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope. He acquired his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, and is now on half-pay.
Commander Henry for four months held the acting-command of the Lily 16, on the coast of Africa. He married, 30 Oct. 1845, Etheldreda Lucy Emily, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Ferris, Treasurer of the Island of Mauritius. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henry, Hastings Reginald

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​HENRY. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.)
Hastings Reginald Henry, born in March, 1808, is son of the late John Joseph Henry, Esq., of Straffan, co. Kildare, by the Lady Emily Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of the late and sister of the present Duke of Leinster. Capt. Henry, whose brother, Geo. Augustus, is a Commander R.N., has several other relatives in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John Brooke Pechell, and, proceeding to the Mediterranean, was present, 18 June, 1826, in a desperate action with some pirates off Candia, in which the British sustained a loss of 12 men killed and 29 wounded. He afterwards served on the Home station, as Midshipman and Mate, in the Columbine sloop, Capt. Wm. Symonds, Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde Parker; and, subsequently to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 18 Dec. 1830, was appointed – 7 Sept. 1831, to the Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker – and, 20 Dec. 1834, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the East India station. Capt. Henry, whose second promotal commission bears date 28 June, 1838, next joined in succession, between 14 Sept. 1840 and his advancement to Post-rank 5 Sept. 1843, the Salamander, Styx, and Devastation steamers, and, as Acting-Captain, the Queen 110, and Aigle 24, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Henry married, in 1845, the Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hennah, Frederick

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​HENNAH. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Frederick Hennah died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1821; passed his examination in 1827; and obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1829. He then obtained command of the Speedwell schooner, on the Jamaica station, and was afterwards appointed – 26 Oct. 1830, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, employed on particular service and on the Lisbon station – 30 Oct. 1832, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour in South America – 5 Sept. 1835, for a few days, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope – 18 March, 1836, 26 Sept. 1839, and 31 Oct. 1840, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, all oh the Jamaica station, where, with the exception of a few months in the last mentioned year, he served until the close of 1843 – and 27 April, 1844, to the command of a station in the Coast Guard, which he retained until the period of his death.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henning, Alexander

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​HENNING. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
Alexander Henning entered the Navy, 17 May, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Christian VII. 80, Capts. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Woodley Losack, and Rich. Harward, of which ship, employed on the Home station, he became Midshipman 7 Aug. following. While in her he served for some time under the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew; and on two separate occasions, 20 Jan. and 13 Feb. 1810, he was employed in boat affairs of considerable gallantry; assisting, on the first, at the capture and destruction of part of a convoy of 30 sail, under a heavy fire of grape and musketry, and within a stone’s throw of the batteries, in the Maumusson passage; and, on the second, at the destruction, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 3 wounded, of three deeply-laden chasse-marées, which had grounded on a reef between Roohelle and Ile d’Aix, and were protected by nine French boats, each carrying a 12-pounder carronade and 6 swivels, and rowing from 20 to 30 oars. The British, who in the latter instance succeeded in capturing one and dispersing the rest of the boats, were in both cases commanded by Lieut. Gardmer Hen. Guion. From Sept. 1810 until May, 1814, Mr. Henning again, we find, served with Capt. Woodley Losack, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the Galatea 42, on the Cape of Good Hope, Channel, and West India stations; during which period he shared, 20 May, 1811 (while cruizing off Madagascar, in company with the Astrea and Phoebe, frigates about equal in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), and was slightly wounded in the left arm, in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, in which the Galatea, besides being cut to pieces in her hull, masts,and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. Between the date of his discharge from the Galatea and that of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Sept. 1815, Mr. Henning was lastly employed in the West Indies on board the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, and Spider sloop, Capt. Robt. Caulfeild.
He married, 11 Dec. 1838 (while in command of the Earl of Hardwicke Indiaman), Melina, only surviving daughter of the late E. W. Smith, Esq.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henry, Arthur Robert

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​HENRY. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 1.)
Arthur Robert Henry entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1831, as a Volunteer, on board the Pallas 42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, with whom he served in the West Indies, latterly as Midshipman, until May, 1834. In the following Sept. he joined the Tyne 28, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, on the Mediterranean station, where, for some months in 1837, he was further employed on board the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker. Having passed his examination on 15 Aug. in the latter year Mr Henry, in May, 1839, was appointed Mate of the Childers 16, Capt. Edw. Pellew Halsted, and ordered to India, whence he ultimately, in June, 1841, carried, in the capacity of temporary Commander, the Plover 12 to China. During his continuance in that vessel, which was latterly commanded by Capt. Rich. Collinson, he assisted at the reduction of Amoy, was present at the re-capture of Chusan, witnessed the storming of the fortified heights and citadel of Chinghae, commanded a party on shore in the attack on Chapoo, and co-operated in the reduction of Chin-Kiang-Foo. He was promoted for his services to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842, and has been since appointed – 18 March, 1843, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, with whom he returned to England from the East Indies, and was paid off in the following Oct. – 18 Dec. 1844, to the Ranger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson, fitting for the coast of Africa – and, 17 March, 1845, to the Racehorse 18, Capts. Geo. Jas. Hay and Edw. Southwell Sotheby, in which vessel he is now again serving in the East Indies. In Dec. 1845, being at the time at New Zealand, Lieut. Henry landed in command of a division of small-arm men, and on 11 of the following month, after having most usefully participated for three weeks in a series of the most trying operations (more especially alluded to in our biography of Capt. Chas. Graham), assisted, and was officially mentioned for his conduct, at the storming and capture, notwithstanding a desperate resistance of four hours, of a strongly fortified pah, belonging to a rebel chieftain named Kawiti. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 2346.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henn, Richard

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​HENN. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Richard Henn was born in March, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood. On 25 of the following Sept. he assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 74’s, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, whose complete subjugation was not effected until Sir Sam. Hood had lost an arm; and he subsequently, it appears, besides attending the expedition against Copenhagen, and witnessing the surrender of Madeira, contributed, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the taking, 26 ​Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and furious conflict in which the Centaur lost 3 men killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded. From 1810 until 1812 we find Mr. Henn serving under the successive flags of Sir S. Hood and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Hibernia 120, on the Mediterranean station. In 1813, being at the time in the Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, he escorted the Marquess of Hastings as Governor-General to India, where, on his arrival, he rejoined Sir S. Hood, who had been recently nominated Commander-in-Chief, on board the Minden 74. On 27 Sept. 1814 he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen, with whom he continued to serve until paid off, on his return to England, in July, 1816. Mr. Henn, whose commission bears date 2 March, 1815, has not been since afloat.
He is married, and has issue a son and one daughter. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Scott, Hugh Stowell

Scott, Hugh Stowell (1863?-1903). -- Novelist (under the name of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally consideredpage 328 his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Scott, William Bell

Scott, William Bell (1811-1890). -- Poet and painter, s. of Robert S., an engraver, and brother of David S., painter, b. inpage 332 Edin., settled in London, and painted chiefly historical subjects. He pub. five vols. of poetry, including Hades and The Year of the World, and many fine sonnets, a form of poetry in which he excelled, and in prose Half-hour Lectures on Art and The Little Masters in the Great Artists Series. He also ed. a series of "English Poets," and wrote a Life of his brother and one of Albrecht Dürer, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Sedley, Sir Charles

Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701). -- Poet, s. and heir of a Kentish baronet, was at Oxf. and, coming to the Court of Charles II., became one of the most popular and brilliant members of its dissipated circles. He was the author of two tragedies and three comedies, now forgotten, though extravagantly lauded in their day, and of some poems and songs, of which the best known are Phyllis (Sedley and Chloris. His only child was the witty and profligate Catherine S., mistress of James II., who created her Countess of Dorset. Bellamira and The Mulberry Garden, founded respectively on Terence and Molière, are his best plays. His prose in pamphlets and essays is better than his verse.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Scott, Lady John

Scott, Lady John (ALICIA Ann Spottiswoode) (1801-1900). -- M. Lord John Scott. She was the writer of a number of Scottish songs characterised by true poetic feeling. Among them may be mentioned Annie Laurie, Douglas, and Durrisdeer. She also composed the music for them.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Selden, John

Selden, John (1584-1654). -- Jurist and scholar, b. near Worthing, Sussex, the s. of a farmer who was also a musician, ed. at Chichester and Oxf., and studied law at Clifford's Inn and the Inner Temple. His learning soon attracted attention and, though practising little, he was consulted on points involving legal erudition. His first work, Analecton Anglo-Britannicon, a chronological collection of English records down to the Norman invasion, was written in 1606, though not pub. till 1615. In 1610 appeared a treatise on the Duello, or Single Combat; and in 1614 his largest English work on Titles of Honour, full of profound learning, and still a high authority. Three years later, 1617, he wrote in Latin his treatise, De Deis Syris (on the Gods of Syria), an inquiry into polytheism, specially with reference to the false deities mentioned in Scripture. His reputation as a scholar had now become European. In 1618 he incurred the indignation of the King and the clergy by his History of Tithes, in which he denied their claim to be a divine institution. Called before the High Commission he made a statement regretting the publication of the book though not withdrawing any of its statements. In 1621 he suffered a brief imprisonment for withstanding some of James's doctrines as to the privileges of Parliament. Two years later he was elected member for Lancaster. As a politician his views were moderate, and all along he endeavoured to repress the page 333zeal of the extremists on both sides. He was imprisoned in the Tower for four years, 1630-34. During the final struggle of King and Parliament he was much employed; but like most men of moderate views, was frequently under suspicion, and after the execution of the King, to which he was strongly opposed, he took little to do with public matters. He was a lay member of the Westminster Assembly, 1643, where his profound knowledge of the original tongues made him somewhat of a terror to certain extremists among the divines. He had at an early age been appointed steward to the Earl of Kent, and at the house of his widow, with whom he had long lived in such close friendship as to give rise to the belief that they were m., he d. Among other works may be mentioned a description of the Arundel Marbles (1629), a treatise concerning the Jewish calendar (1646), and, specially, his Table Talk, pub. 1689, of which Coleridge said "there is more weighty bullion sense in this book than I can find in the same number of pages of any uninspired writer." He was likewise the author of various treatises on constitutional matters and the law of nations, including Mare Clausum (a Closed Sea), in defence of the property of England in its circumfluent seas. Most of these were written in Latin.
Coll. Works with Life, Dr. Wilkins (3 vols., folio, 1726), Aikin's Lives of Selden and Ussher.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Sellar, William Young

Sellar, William Young (1825-1890). -- Scholar, b. in Sutherlandshire, his f. being factor to the Duke of Sutherland, ed. at Glasgow Univ. and Oxf., became in 1859 Prof. of Greek at St. Andrews and, in 1863, of Latin at Edin. He pub. a work on the Roman Poets of the Republic (1863), followed by The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age. Both of these hold a high place among modern works of scholarship.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Scott, John

Scott, John (1730-1783). -- Poet, s. of a Quaker draper who in his later years lived at Amwell, a village in Herts, which the poet celebrates in his descriptive poem, Amwell. He wrote much other verse now forgotten.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Scott, Michael

Scott, Michael (1789-1835). -- Novelist, b. near and ed. at Glasgow, and settled in business at Kingston, Jamaica, which led to his making frequent sea voyages, and thus yielded him experiences which he turned to account in two vivacious novels, Tom Cringle's Log and The Cruise of the Midge, both of which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, where they attained deserved popularity. They have frequently been reprinted. The author, however, maintained a strict incognito during his life.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Seeley, Sir John Robert

Seeley, Sir John Robert (1834-1895). -- Historian and essayist, s. of a publisher in London, ed. at City of London School and Camb. In 1863 he became Prof. of Latin at Univ. Coll., London, and was Prof. of Modern History at Camb. from 1869 until his death. In 1865 appeared anonymously Ecce Homo, a work which created intense excitement and keen controversy in the theological and religious world. Other works were The Life and Times of Stein, the Prussian statesman (1879), Natural Religion (1882), The Expansion of England (1883), Life of Napoleon (1885), and a work on Goethe. The Growth of British Policy (1895) was left finished but unrevised at his death. In recognition of his services to the empire in his political writings he was, in 1894, made K.C.M.G.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Loch, George John

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​LOCH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George John Loch is son of John Loch, Esq., formerly M.P. for Hythe, a Director of the East India Company, by Marion, daughter of Archibald Cullen, Esq., K.C.; and nephew of Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 16 April, 1842; and served as Mate, on the East India, Home, North America and West India, and African stations, in the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir. Thos. Hastings, Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope. He obtained his commission 15 Jan. 1846; and since 20 of that month has been serving, still on the coast of Africa, in the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lloyd, Vaughan

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​LLOYD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 27.)
Vaughan Lloyd, born 29 Jan. 1795, is brother of Capt. Geo. Lloyd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway; previously to accompanying whom, in the summer of 1811, into the Cumberland 74, he participated, as Midshipman, in a very gallant skirmish in which the British with a slender force beat back a powerful division of the French Toulon fleet; witnessed a disastrous yet most valorous attack made by Capt. Eras. Wm. Fane on the enemy’s shipping in the mole of Palamos; and contributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of Le Dromadaire store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. On leaving the Cumberland, in which ship, commanded the greater part of the time by Capt. Thos. Baker, he had escorted convoy to the West Indies and back, Mr. Lloyd, in June, 1813, rejoined the Ajax, then again under the orders of Capt. Otway, with whom he served at the reduction, in the following Sept., of the town of St. Sebastian, and at the capture, 17 March, 1814, of L’Alcyon French corvette, of 16 guns and 120 men. After cruizing for ten months on the Irish station as Master’s Mate of the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, and for two more as Acting-Lieutenant of the Eurydice 24, Capt. Rich. Spencer, he was confirmed in his present rank by commission dated 20 Sept. 1815. His last appointments were, in 1816-17, to the Eurydice again, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed, and Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin – all on the St. Helena station, whence he returned in Sept. 1820.
Lieut. Lloyd married Augusta, daughter of John Adams, Esq., of Lydstep House, co. Pembroke.