A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boys, William
BOYS. (Commander, 1846.)
William Boys passed his examination in 1829; and obtained bis commission 26 Jan. 1835. His ensuing appointments were – 7 Feb. 1835, as Supernumerary Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Hen. Shiffner, off Lisbon – 17 Aug. 1836, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, in the Mediterranean – 12 Nov. 1840 (after two years of half-pay), to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag on the latter station of Sir John Acworth Ommanney – 29 July, 1841, to be Agent for Transports afloat – 2 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard – and, 8 Aug. 1845, again to the Transport service, in which he continued until the attainment of his present rank, 28 Oct. 1846.