Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (J. H. Lloyd, Volr. 1st Class.) minor edge bruising, very fine £1600-2000

Provenance: Wallis & Wallis 1961 and Sotheby, April 1993.

John Huges Lloyd served as Volunteer 1st Class in H.M.S. Heron when the combined English and Dutch fleets attacked the heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27 August 1816.

John Hughes Lloyd (listed as ‘John B. Lloyd’ on Message’s roll) was the son of Major R. H. Lloyd, Royal Merioneth Militia, and was born at Plymog, Gwerclas, near Corwen, Merionethshire. O’Byrne further records, ‘this gentleman, whose family is of illustrious Welsh extraction, and who is a collateral descendant of King Henry VII, is brother of Capt. Edw. Salubury and Hugh-Hughes Lloyd, both of the Hon. E. I. Co.’s service.’

Lloyd joined the Royal Navy as Volunteer 1st Class in June 1815, and having served at Algiers passed his examination in 1822. He advanced to Lieutenant in September 1831, and his service included with the surveying vessel H.M.S. Aetna off the coast of Africa, 1834-1835. His last command was of H.M.S. Devonshire (the Russian prison ship at Sheerness), July 1854 - April 1856.

Lloyd retired Commander in October 1863, and died at Haslar Hospital 31 May 1866.

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