| Ship | Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
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| | 1739/07/16 | | Entered the Navy | W031 |
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| Lieutenant, 1744/08/08 | W031 |
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Royal George
| 1745/08/12 | 1745/11/05 | Lieutenant | W031 |
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Baltimore
| 1745/11/05 | 1746/04/09 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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| Captain, 1746/04/10 | W032 |
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Triton
| 1746/04/10 | 1747/06/22 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
| | 1746/05/03 | | Wounded in the head an action against French privateers in a loch in the Sound of Arisaig | W031 |
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Rippon
| 1746/11 | 1748/10/29 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
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Cornwall
| 1748/10/29 | 1749/07 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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Glory
| 1751/03 | 1752/04 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
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Dolphin
| 1752/06/03 | 1754 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
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Dunkirk
| 1755/01/20 | 1757/07/02 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
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Magnanime
| 1757/07 | 1758 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| | 1757/09/23 | | Attack on Isle d'Aix | BWAS-1714 |
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Magnanime
| 1758 | 1760/07 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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Le Essex
| 1758/05 | 1759 | As Commanding Officer | W031 |
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| Appointed Viscount Howe, 1758/07/06 | W031 |
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Pallas
| 1758/08/07 | | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| | 1759/11/20 | | Battle of Quiberon Bay | BWAS-1714 |
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Magnanime
| 1760/07 | 1761 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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Princess Amelia
| 1762/07 | 1763/02 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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| Appointed Privy Counsellor, 1765 | EWIKI |
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Mediterranean, 1770 | EWIKI |
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| Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 1770/10/18 | W032 |
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| Rear-Admiral of the White, 1775/03/31 | W032 |
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at North America, 1776/02 | EWIKI |
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Eagle
| 1776/02 | 1778/12 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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| Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1776/02/05 | W032 |
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| Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1778 | W032 |
| | 1778/07/22 | | Commanded the British Fleet at the Encounter at Sandy Hook |
| | 1778/08/11 | | Commanded the British Fleet at the Howe's encounter with d'Estaing |
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Centurion
| 1778/08/14 | 1778/05/15 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Channel, 1782 | EWIKI |
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| Admiral of the Blue, 1782/04/08 | W032 |
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Victory
| 1782/04/20 | 1782/11/14 | As Flag Officer | W009 |
| | 1782/09 | 1782/12 | Commander of the Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 | |
| | 1782/10/20 | | Commanded the The Main Squadron - Lead Division at the Battle of Cape Spartel |
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| Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1783/01/30 | OHMB4 |
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| Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1783/12/10 | OHMB4 |
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| Admiral of the White, 1787/09/24 | W032 |
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| Appointed Baron Howe, 1788 | EWIKI |
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| Appointed Earl Howe, 1788 | EWIKI |
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Queen Charlotte
| 1790/05 | 1790/10 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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Victory
| 1790/07 | 1790/08 | As Flag Officer | W009 |
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| Appointed Vice-Admiral of Great Britain, 1792/06/09 | EWIKI |
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Channel, 1793 | EWIKI |
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Queen Charlotte
| 1793/02 | 1799 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| | 1794/06/01 | | Commanded the British Fleet at the Glorious 1st of June |
| | 1795/06/23 | | Action of Ile Groix | BWAS-1714 |
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Royal George
| 1796 | 1797 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
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| Admiral of the Fleet, 1796/03/12 | W032 |