Person Lloyd; John Augustus (1800 - 1854); engineer and surveyor Lloyd John Augustus engineer and surveyor 1800 - 1854 British Male London, England 01 May 1800 18000501 Therapia [Tarabya, Turkey], Asia 10 October 1854 18541010

The Little Cloysters, Westminster, London (1829)

engineer and surveyor Surveying Engineering Education: Private schools at Tooting and Winchester Career: Carried out a survey of the Winkworth mines, Derbyshire; the end of the Napoleonic wars prevented him from his desire of joining the army but was sent out to his elder brother, who was king’s counsel at Tortola, where he spent time surveying and learning languages; served on Simón Bolívar’s staff as captain of engineers, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel; granted permission by Bolivar to survey the Isthmus of Panama and report on the best means of inter-oceanic communication (1827); progress curtailed by disturbances at Cartagena where Lloyd was badly wounded (1828); completed the Panama survey; recommended a road on the route later adopted for the Panama Canal Railway; returned to England (1830); went to Mauritius and was appointed colonial civil engineer and surveyor-general (1831); climbed the Peter Botte (Pieter Both) Mountain (1831); carried out extensive public works in Mauritius and compiled a new map of Madagascar; left the island, reaching Europe via Ceylon (4 April 1849); sent as British chargé d'affaires to Bolivia (1851); began a mission in the Crimean War to stir up the Circassians, being kept in the Crimea following the battle of the Alma and died there of cholera (1854). Memberships: Institution of Civil Engineers 1849 Parents: John Lloyd of King's Lynn, Norfolk Spouse: Fanny Drummond Lloyd Fellow 11/03/1830 24 Henry Kater; Francis Beaufort; Henry Browne; Charles Konig; John Lewis Tiarks; Edmund Goodenough; Joseph Sabine Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: A W Skempton and Joyce Brown, 'John and Edward Troughton, Mathematical Instrument Makers' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 233-262 Lloyd J A, IM002786.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Lloyd%2C+John+Augustus 1 May 1800 - 10 Oct 1854 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 22/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1394 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 22/05/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/41895239 b6053d9e-a2a4-4621-baba-716e22fbfdbc