11 Oct. 1753 (Prov. Ct. Rec., 1. EI #9, pt. A, f, 420). A correspondent
of the Hanburys of London, and the greatest merchant in the province, Lloyd
was too busy to do his job properly and too important to offend. Often behind
in his accounts, he was finally persuaded to resign in March, 1768. He died
27 Jan. 1770.

15. Rev. Bennet Allen, Rector of St. James Parish, Anne Arundel County,
com. and sworn 26 March 1768 (Commission Book No. 82, f. 209; Prov. Ct, Rec.,
1. DD #4, f. 373); dismissed at request of the Board of Revenue, 25 Nov. 1768
(AM, XXXII, 413). A drinking, brewing, and for hunting parson, who had won
His Lordship's favor by defending him in a charge of rape, Allen proved an
incompetent administrator and a political nuisance.

16. Maj. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer of Annapolis (Prot.), com. by Lt.
Gov. Sharpe, 25 Nov., 1768 (Prov. Ct. Rec., 1. DD #4, f. 482); superseded by
Jordan.

17. John Morton Jordan of Annapolis (Prot.), com. by Baltimore, 14 Aug.
l769; entered office early in December (Ibid., 1. DD #5, f. 1; Commission
Book No. 82, f. 222); resigned shortly before his death on 23 July 1771 (Md.
Gazette, 26 Sept.). He was a former Virginia merchant who, with the aid of a
pretty wife, had gained the favor of the Proprietary.

18. Maj. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, com. by Lt. Gov. Eden, 9 Sept.
1771 and again by Henry Harford, 29 April 1773 (Prov. Ct. Rec., 1. DD #5,
ff. 216, 508; Commission Book No. 82, ff. 266, 298). He was chosen President
of the Council of Safety in 1775 and President of the state Senate in 1777.

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