- Major-General Banastyre Pryce Lloyd
Major-General Banastyre Pryce Lloyd (
1824 -21 November 1882 ), was a British officer, linguist and civil servant.Lloyd was the son of Llewelyn Lloyd, younger brother to
Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn , and of Jane Falkner. He was a cousin ofWilliam H. C. Lloyd, Archdeacon of Durban .He received a commision in the English East India Company and participated in several campaigns including the Gwalior Campaign. In 1846 he was civil commisioner of an Indian district and was there at the time of the
Indian Mutiny . After being made a lieutenant-colonel he leftIndia forNatal ,South Africa to escape the unhealthy climate.Lloyd's knowledge of
Hindustani made him invaluable to the colonial government who were responsible for a large minority of Indian immigrants. By 1872 he was Protector of Indian Immigrants under Law. In 1874 he was actingColonial Secretary of Natal and was given a seat on the Natal Legislative Council. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1875.He married Anna Grimes Stacey.
References
"Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition" (ISBN: 0971196621)
"Who's Who: South Africa"
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