Rodney Lloyd

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

Rodney Lloyd
Born3 July 1841
Died16 May 1911 (1911-05-17) (aged 69)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldJamaica station
Malta Dockyard
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

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]

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,[3] though was promoted to full admiral on the retired list on 16 June 1904.[4] Lloyd sometimes sat as a nautical assessor with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[5]

References
  1. "Descendants of William Harford" (PDF). 18 September 2020.
  2. Clowes, The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 8
  3. "No. 27471". The London Gazette. 5 September 1902. p. 5752.
  4. "No. 27692". The London Gazette. 5 July 1904. p. 4259.
  5. The Ship "Albano" and her freight v The Allan Line Steamship Company Limited, [1907] UKPC 11.
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