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John Yeeden Lloyd
John Yeeden Lloyd (born 1795) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 31 December 1853. His last attendance was on 28 July 1854, but he was still listed as a member on 6 August 1855. He was reappointed on 4 October 1855, and served until 29 December 1857, when he resigned.
He was from Taranaki.
Legislative Council were made in 1853, when twelve members were called to the upper house. They were John Salmon, William Swainson and Frederick Whitaker on 26 May 1853; Mathew Richmond on 23 June 1853; and on 31 December 1853 Edmund Bellairs, George Cutfield, William Kenny, John Yeeden Lloyd, Ralph Richardson, Henry Seymour, Henry St. Hill and John Charles Watts-Russell. Gradually, the maximum number of members was raised, and the limit was eventually abolished. The Council reached a peak of 53 members in 1885