LLOYD, JOHN YEEDEN, was born in 1796, and appointed in 1813 an ensign in the 73rd Regiment, with which he served at Waterloo and in Canada. He attained the rank of major (1828) and retired in 1839.

Lloyd arrived in Taranaki by the Kelso in 1849, and took up land at Waireka. When the natives became hostile in 1850, he advised the settlers to drill and offered his services to train them. Major Lloyd was called to the Legislative Council in 1853. He made a strong stand in defence of the rights of Parliament, and resisted the introduction of responsible government lest the government should overrule the representative house. He returned to England about 1856.

Army Lists, 1814, 1829, 1840; N.Z.P.D., 16 Jun, 24 Jul 1854.

Reference: Volume 1, page 267

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