About John Lloyd
Lived 1750 – 1815 (aged 65). John Lloyd was a British naturalist, politician and lawyer.
John Lloyd FRS (25 January 1750 – 24 April 1815) was a British naturalist.
He was the eldest son of Howel Lloyd of Hafodunos and Wigfair, was probably educated at Oxford University and then studied law at the Middle Temple, where he was called to the bar in 1781.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Flintshire from 1797 to 1799.
He died unmarried in 1815.
Selected works "An Account of the Late Discovery of Native Gold in Ireland," Letter from John Lloyd, Esq. F.R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. KB PRS. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 86 (1796), pp. 34–37.
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British naturalist, born 1750
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John Lloyd was born on 25 January 1750 in Flintshire.
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John Lloyd died on 24 April 1815.
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John Lloyd was a naturalist, politician and lawyer.
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