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Revision as of 13:53, 12 May 2014

Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey Boys, Royal Navy, Retired (25 October, 1839 – 23 April, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 4 April, 1870.[1]

Boys was promoted to the rank of Captain on 29 January, 1880.[2]

On 25 January, 1887, Boys commissioned the corvette Cordelia at Portsmouth.[3]

He was appointed command of the battleship Howe on 9 May, 1890.[4]

In accordance with the provisions of the Orders in Council of 22 February, 1870 and 24 March, 1880, he was placed on the Retired List on 25 October, 1894.[5] He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 January, 1895,[6] and to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 17 March, 1901.[7]

Boys died at Bonnington, Hastings, on 23 April, 1914, aged seventy-five. A service was held at St. Matthew's Church, St. Leonards, on 28 April.[8]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 23605. p. 2099. 8 April, 1870.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 24808. p. 504. 3 February, 1880.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 26 January, 1887. Issue 31979, col B, pg. 7.
  4. The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 226.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 26565. p. 6064. 30 October, 1894.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 26586. p. 76. 4 January, 1895.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27297. p. 2022. 22 March, 1901.
  8. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Friday, 24 April, 1914. Issue 40506, col A, p. 1.

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur W. A. Hood
Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
13 Jul, 1869 – ?
Succeeded by
Thomas Brandreth
Preceded by
George L. Atkinson-Willes
Captain of H.M.S. Howe
9 May, 1890 – ?
Succeeded by
Edward H. M. Davis
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