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BOYCE—BOYD—BOYES.
period until the general exchange in 1814; since which period he has not been employed.
BOYCE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Frederick Agar Boyce entered the Navy in 1833; passed his examination 11 July, 1840; and served for nearly four years, as Mate, on the North America and West India station, in the Winchester 52, and Illustrious 72, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Harvey and Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
BOYCE. (LLieut., 1805. f-p., 14; h-p., 41.)
William Henry Boyce entered the Navy, in Dec. 1792, as Lieutenant’s Servant, on board the Alcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, on the Mediterranean station, where, in 1794, he served with the same officer in the Windsor Castle 98. In May, 1797, after an unemployed interval of more than two years, he became Midshipman of the Intrepid 64, Capts. R. Parker and E. Bass, and in that ship proceeded with convoy to St. Helena, He subsequently joined, in succession, the Gallant and Viper, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Hargood and Wm. Stag, lying at Portsmouth – Impregnable 98, Capt. Jonathan Faulkner, sent, in the summer of 1799, to Lisbon in charge of convoy – Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Wells, employed during the three following years in the Channel – Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off Newfoundland – Dreadnought 98, Capts. John Child Purvis, John Bowen, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, one of the Channel fleet in 1803-4 – and Ville de Paris 110, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin and John Whitby, also on the Home station. On 28 May, 1805, Mr. Boyce was made Lieutenant into the Mars 74, Capt. Geo. Duff, which ship, after participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he left in March, 1806. He was next employed for a few weeks in the Impress Service at Folkestone; commanded, from 15 Jan. 1808, to 24 Dec. 1811, the Bienfaisant, On the Plymouth station; and, from May to Dec. 1813, served in the Veteran 64, Lieut.-Commander Stephen Donovan, prison-ship at Portsmouth. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Boyce was presented in 1812, in consequence of a serious injury he had received in the eye, with a gratuity of 91l. 5s., but was refused a pension.
BOYCE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 21.)
William Nettleton Boyce entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, with whom, after removing to the Ville de Paris 110, he proceeded, in Nov. of the same year, to the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Royal Sovereign 100. He was afterwards successively transferred – in Aug. 1808, to the Niobe 38, Capt. John Wentworth Loring, employed in the West Indies and off Havre de Grace – in Nov. 1810, into the Fortunée 36, Capt. Hen. Vansittart, on the Irish station, where he assisted in taking, 11 Oct. 1811, Le Vice-Amiral Martin, of 18 guhs and 140 men, a notorious privateer – in July, 1812, to the Stag 36, Capts. Wm. Wolrige and Phipps Hornby, cruizing off Cherbourg – and, in Jan. 1813, and April, 1814, to the Lion 64, and Medway 74, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope. From 24 March, 1815, until paid off in Feb. 1816, Mr. Boyce, who had been awarded a commission on 15 Feb. in the former year, next served on the Cape station in the Harpy 16, Capt. Geo. Tyler. He obtained a command in the Coast Guard 6 May, 1834, and retained it until shortly previous to his appointment, 22 May, 1840, to the Poictiers 72, Capts. John Clavell and Wm. Hen. Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham. Since the close of 1843 he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Boyce married, first, 19 Aug. 1818, Miss Anne Harrow, of Alton, who died 23 Jan. 1837; and, secondly, in 1838, Anne Helena, widow of Lieut. F. N. Price, R.A.
BOYD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 33.)
David Boyd entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston, of 38 guns and 204 men, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, and on 31 July following, when off New Jersey, participated, as Midshipman, in a close-fought action of two hours with the French frigate Embuscade, of 38 guns and 327 men, which terminated in a loss to the British of 10 men, including their Captain, killed, and 24 wounded, and to the enemy of 50 killed and wounded. He continued thenceforward to serve with Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris in the same ship, and the Lively 32, until wrecked on Rota Point, near Cadiz, 12 April, 1798. We then find him joining the Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, in the following Oct., he was promoted into the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Hen. D’Esterre Darby, employed in the Mediterranean. Being officially promoted on 30 May, 1800, and appointed with Capt. Darby to the Spencer 74, Mr. Boyd, in July, 1801, took part in Sir Jas. Saumarez’s actions off Algesiras and Cadiz. His subsequent appointments were – 9 Nov. 1803, to the Franchise 38, Capt. Hon. John Murray – in 1804-5-6) to the Theseus, Hercule, and Veteran, flag-ships on the Jamaica station of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres – next, to the command of the Veteran’s tender, the Gracieuse schooner, in which, when in company with another vessel, he captured, after a running fight, the Spanish privater Juliana, of 5 guns and 83 men, 27 Dec. 1807[1] – 12 March, 1808, and 28 July, 1813, to the command, on the West India and North American stations, of the Firefly and St. Lawrence schooners – and, 1 Oct. 1814, to the Acting-command of the Alban sloop. He was confirmed to the latter vessel 7 Feb. 1815, but went on half-pay in the following Sept., and has not since been employed.
Commander Boyd is Senior of 1815. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
John Augustus Hugh Boyd entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 12 June, 1839; served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean station, in the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, and Devastation and Medea steamers, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie and Fred. Warden; and, while in the former ship, was employed on shore at the taking, in 1840, of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast of Syria, where he also beheld the fall of St. Jean d’Acre. At Caiffa, in particular, he appears to have assisted in planting the Ottoman flag on the ramparts.[2] He obtained his commission 28 May, 1845; and, with the exception of a short attachment in the same year to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, has since been on half-pay.
BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John M‘Neill Boyd entered the Navy 28 Sept. 1825; passed his examination 14 May, 1832; took part, we believe, in an expedition to the Niger; served for some time, as Senior Mate, on board the Queen 110, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He rejoined the St. Vincent on 17 of the following month; and from 7 March, 1842, imtll paid off in 1846, was next employed, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Winchester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy. He is at present unemployed. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
BOYES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 32.)
Henry Boyes entered the Navy, 1 May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capts. Edm. Crawley, Hen. Inman, Chas. Cobb, and Manley Dixon, and soon afterwards attained the rating of Midshipman. Under the last-named officer he took
