Henry Boys R.N.
Henry Boys R.N.
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Henry Boys R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Captain Edward Boys, RN (1785-1866) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
30 September 1820 | | Born (Upper Deal, Kent) |
16 March 1904 | | Died (Blackheath) |
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Date | Rank |
9 February 1846 | Lieutenant |
14 May 1853 | Commander |
17 October 1857 | Captain |
30 July 1875 | Rear-Admiral |
9 January 1880 | Vice-Admiral |
1 June 1885 | Admiral |
1 July 1885 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
7 May 1846 | 29 August 1847 | Lieutenant in Snake, commanded by Thomas Bourmaster Brown, Cape of Good Hope (until that vessel was lost in Mozambique channel) |
14 May 1853 | 20 September 1856 | Commander in Express (until paying off at Plymouth), south-east coast of America |
11 September 1863 | 23 November 1864 | Commander in Pelorus (from commissioning), East Indies and China |
23 November 1864 | 30 January 1867 | Captain in Barrosa (until paying off at Sheerness), China |
25 July 1867 | 20 August 1869 | Captain in Warrior, Channel squadron |
1869 | | In command of three ships towing a floating dock from Madeira to Bermuda |
23 August 1869 | 21 May 1874 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
1 February 1872 | | Commanded the naval brigade sent to the thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral, for the recovery from typhoid of the prince of Wales |
June 1873 | | Captain in Monarch, temporarily commissioned |
21 May 1874 | May 1878 | Director of Naval Ordinance |
June 1878 | June 1879 | Second in command, Channel Squadron |
1879 | | Member of the Committee on heavy ordinance |