Henry Lloyd Loring[1] (c.1784–1822) was an English churchman. He was the first[2] Archdeacon of Calcutta, serving from 1814[3] until his death on 4 September 1822.[4]
The son of Joshua Loring of Englefield, Berkshire, he was the grandson of Joshua Loring the naval officer.[3][5] He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1806,[6] and becoming a Fellow a year later.[7]
Family
His grandfather Joshua Loring was an 18th-century colonial American naval officer in British service (and a great great great great grandson of immigrant Thomas Loring.[5] His brother John Wentworth Loring, was a Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century[8] known for his service in the Napoleonic Wars as a frigate commander;[9] while his nephew William Loring was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station.[10]
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