William Lloyd (British Naval officer): Difference between revisions

Admiral '''William Lloyd''' was from [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]] and became an [[Admiral of the White]] for the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistor03clow|title=The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present|first1=W. Laird (William Laird)|last1=Clowes|first2=Clements R. (Clements Robert)|last2=Markham|first3=A. T. (Alfred Thayer)|last3=Mahan|first4=Herbert Wrigley|last4=Wilson|first5=Theodore|last5=Roosevelt|first6=L. G. Carr (Leonard George Carr)|last6=Laughton|date=November 30, 1897|publisher=London : S. Low, Marston and company, limited|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britanniasdragon.com/2013/09/25/admiral-william-lloyd-1725-96/|title=Admiral William Lloyd (1725-96)|first=J. D.|last=Davies|date=September 25, 2013}}</ref> He sailed Governor [[Edward Cornwallis]] aboard {{HMS|Sphinx|1748|6}} to establish [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] (1749).<ref>[https://archive.org/details/universalmagazi05unkngoog/page/n163/mode/1up?q=Nova+Scotia In convoy under the command of] [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]].</ref><ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=xSJaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=%22edward+hawke%22+nova+scotia+1749&source=bl&ots=_mdWuMXCMR&sig=ACfU3U336FWz2jh7CI9FO_drRels_QKXeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz2bPK9OXqAhXvQ98KHRdcD3w4ChDoATAIegQICxAB#v=onepage&q=%22edward%20hawke%22%20nova%20scotia%201749&f=false Hawke]</ref>