Rodney Lloyd Explained

Rodney Lloyd
Birth Date:3 July 1841
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Commands:Jamaica station
Malta Dockyard
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Rodney Maclaine Lloyd (3 July 1841 – 16 May 1911) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.

He was the third son, and fifth child, of Edmund and Catherine Elizabeth Lloyd who were living at Fairfield House in Castle Street, Thornbury.[1]

Naval career

Lloyd became Commodore in Charge at Jamaica, with his broad pennant in the troopship HMS Urgent, in September 1889 and, having been promoted to rear admiral on 4 March 1894, he became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in February 1897.[2] He was promoted to vice admiral on 10 August 1900, and retired at his own request on 1 September 1902, though was promoted to full admiral on the retired list on 16 June 1904. Lloyd sometimes sat as a nautical assessor with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 18 September 2020. Descendants of William Harford.
  2. Clowes, The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 8
  3. http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1907/1907_11.html The Ship "Albano" and her freight v The Allan Line Steamship Company Limited, [1907<nowiki>] UKPC 11.]

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