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Narrative of a Journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo Pass in the Himalayan Mountains Via Gwalior, Agra, Delhi, and Sirhind by Major Sir William Lloyd and Captain Alexander Gerards's Account of an Attempt to Penetrate by Bekhur to Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara: For The Purpose of Determining the
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for 14 years. In 1814, he inherited the Bryn Estyn estate, Bieston, Wrexham, and other lands and property in
Denbighshire, following his father's death, while his brother, Richard Myddleton Massie Lloyd (1794–1860), took over the running of the Wrexham & North Wales Bank, which was set up by his
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William Lloyd retired from public life for a few years, spending his time at his villa at
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border, where he produced maps for the EIC, which continued to be used by the Indian military for many years. On 13 June, he set off alone and later that day, he became the first
European to reach the peak of the Western Hill of Boorendo. In 1829, he became
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Perpetual Snow on the Southern Face of the Himalaya (With Maps)',
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