A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Miller, Robert Boyle
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
Robert Boyle Miller entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1821; passed his examination in 1827; and obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments have since been – 8 Feb. in the latter year, to the Snake 16, Capt. Alex. Milne, attached to the force in North America and the West Indies, where he was superseded in March, 1838 – 9 March, 1839, to the command of the Hornet brigantine 6, on the same station – and, 26 April, 1845, as Senior (a few months after the Hornet had been paid off) to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, now in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.