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

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and then studied law at the

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, where he was

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in 1781. A man with a wide interest in the natural sciences including seismology and astronomy, he was elected a

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in 1774. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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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

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, Bart. KB

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. ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,'' Vol. 86 (1796), pp. 34–37.

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—John Lloyd was elected to membership in the Society in 1774; and his nomination letter has been posted with other membership records at the Royal Society web site.

Those who nominated him for membership in the society were:

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;

Daniel Solander Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Sweden, Swedish naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university-educated scientist to set foot o ...

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Charles Blagden Sir Charles Brian Blagden Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (17 April 1748 – 26 March 1820) was an English physician and chemist. He served as a medical officer in the Army (1776–1780) and later held the position of Secretary of the Royal S ...

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William Roy Major-General William Roy (4 May 17261 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Gr ...

; John Walsh;

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; Edward King;

Charles Francis Greville Charles Francis Greville PC FRS FRSE FLS FSA (12 May 1749 – 23 April 1809) was a British antiquarian, collector and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790. Early life Greville was the second son of Francis Greville ...

; Francis Wollaston; Constantine Phipps; Richard Penneck;

Owen Salusbury Brereton Owen Salusbury Brereton, (1715 – 8 September 1798), born Owen Brereton, was an English antiquary. Life Brereton was born in London in 1715, the son of Thomas Brereton, M.P. for Liverpool, by his first wife, Miss Trelawney. His father had inher ...

1750 births 1815 deaths Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1796–1800 Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-scientist-stub