LLOYD, VAUGHAN (1736 - 1817), general
Date of birth: 1736
Date of death: 1817
Parent: Mary Lloyd (née Phillips)
Parent: John Lloyd
Gender: Male
Occupation: general
Area of activity: Military
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Ffos-y-bleiddiaid (near Ystrad Meurig, Cardiganshire), 17 January 1736, youngest son of John Lloyd and his wife Mary (Phillips, of Pembrokeshire) - on the family (which afterwards removed to Mabws in Llanrhystud), see Some family records … of the Lloyds, by Lloyd-Theakston and Davies (indexed). Lloyd joined the artillery; he was at Minden, 1759, one of the garrison of Gibraltar in 1779-80, and with Abercromby in the West Indies, 1795-6. He was full general, and commander at Woolwich, when he died, 16 January 1817.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Cambrian Register (1795–1818), iii, 525
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20734552
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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