A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boxer, James Michael
BOXER. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
James Michael Boxer entered the Navy 29 Dec. 1827; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836; and, for his services on the coast of Syria, where he beheld the capture of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. He was subsequently appointed, 15 Dec. 1840, to the Vesuvius steamer, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in the Mediterranean – 8 Sept. 1841, as Additional, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada, whence he returned in the spring of 1842 – and, 16 Dec. 1843, in the same capacity, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and West India station. Lieut. Boxer has been on half-pay since the autumn of 1844.
He married, in 1839, Miss Elizabeth Kington, of Deal, co. Kent. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.