A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cox, Henry Laird
COX. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Henry Laird Cox entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his commission 23 March, 1840; and has been since appointed – 30 Dec. 1842, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores – and, 1 Aug. 1845, to the Dasher steam-packet, Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with whom he is now serving on the Home station.