A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moxon, James
MOXON. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
James Moxon entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1803 as Ordinary, on board the Zealand 64, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley at the Nore; served as Midshipman, from March, 1804, to May, 1805, in the Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. Newman Newman, and Achille 74, Capt. R. King, on the Channel and Cadiz stations; and in Oct. of the latter year joined the Cleopatra 32, Capts. John Wight, Wm. Love, Robt. Simpson, and Sam. John Pechell. Under Capt. Pechell he assisted, on his arrival in the West Indies from Halifax, at the capture (the British ships Jason 32 and Hazard 18 in company) of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze, 22 Jan. 1809, after a very spirited action fought chiefly between the Cleopatra and the enemy; and in the ensuing month he co-operated in the reduction of Martinique. From Oct. 1810 until Nov. 1812 Mr. Moxon served, again at Halifax and also in the North Sea, the greater part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and in the Christian VII. 80, and Impregnable 98, bearing each the flag of Admiral Wm. Young. He was promoted, 27 March, 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the San Domingo 74, then the flag-ship of Sir J. B. Warren; and he was afterwards employed for several months in 1813-14, in the Columbia sloop, Capts. John Kinsman and Henry Ducie Chads, and Terpsichore 32, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, both on the North American station. He has been on half-pay since June of the latter year.