James Booth Lockwood (October 9, 1852 – April 9, 1884) was a

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

officer and arctic explorer.

Biography

Lockwood was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to

Henry Hayes Lockwood Henry Hayes Lockwood (August 17, 1814 – December 7, 1899) was an American soldier and academic from Delaware who rose to the rank of Brigadier General during the American Civil War and captured the Delmarva Peninsula including Virginia's Eas ...

and his wife Anna. He attended St. John's College. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 23rd Infantry of the

in October 1873. He was promoted to first lieutenant in March 1883. In 1881, Lockwood signed up for the

Lady Franklin Bay expedition * The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps. Its purpose was to establish a mete ...

under Adolphus W. Greely, and was accepted as second-in-command. During this three-year expedition, Lockwood led a sledging party, with David Legge Brainard, to Mary Murray Island, off northern

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

, at a latitude of 83° 24', thus breaking the British record of the time for the most northerly point reached. In 1883, he crossed Grant Land, reaching the western shore of Ellesmere Island. He died at

Cape Sabine Cape Sabine is a land point on Pim Island, off the eastern shores of the Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, in the Smith Sound, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. History The cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1788– ...

in April 1884, along with several other members of the party, before rescue arrived on June 22, and was buried at the

United States Naval Academy Cemetery The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. History In 1868 the Naval Academy purchased a 67-acre piece of land called Strawberry Hill as part of their effort ...

Lockwood Island Lockwood Island ( da, Lockwood Ø) is an island of the Lincoln Sea, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Lockwood Island is the northernmost sizeable coastal island of Greenland. The waters around the ...

in northern Greenland was named in his honor.

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* * * 1852 births 1884 deaths Burials at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery Explorers of the Arctic People from Annapolis, Maryland United States Army officers {{US-mil-bio-stub