| Ship | Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|
| | 1771 | | Entered the Navy | W031 |
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Albion
| 1771/03/23 | 1771/10/11 | Captains Servant | NAO |
|
Southampton
| 1771/10/23 | 1772/08/21 | Captains Servant | NAO |
|
Albion
| 1772/08/22 | 1773/04/06 | Midshipman | NAO |
|
Otter
| 1773/04/08 | 1773/11 | Supernumary | NAO |
|
Squirrel
| 1773/12/18 | 1774/01/31 | Able Seaman | NAO |
|
Squirrel
| 1774/02/01 | 1776/07/02 | Masters Mate | NAO |
|
Boreas
| 1776/07/03 | 1776/08/05 | Midshipman | NAO |
|
Eagle
| 1776/08/03 | 1776/08/13 | Midshipman | NAO |
|
Eagle
| 1776/08/14 | 1776/08/15 | Able Seaman | NAO |
|
Eagle
| 1776/08/16 | 1777/07/22 | Midshipman | NAO |
|
Nonsuch
| 1777/07/17 | 1777/12/09 | Acting Lieutenant | NAO |
|
Eagle
| 1777/12/06 | 1777/12/10 | | NAO |
|
|
| Lieutenant, 1777/12/07 | W032 |
|
Apollo
| 1777/12/10 | 1778/12/14 | Second Lieutenant | NAO |
|
Royal George
| 1779/06/16 | 1779/12/05 | Sixth Lieutenant | NAO |
|
Royal George
| 1779/12/06 | 1780/02/03 | Fourth Lieutenant | NAO |
| | 1780/01/08 | | Attack on the Caracas Convoy | NAO |
| | 1780/01/16 | | Battle of Cape St. Vincent | NAO |
|
Sandwich
| 1780/02/03 | 1780/06/21 | Fifth Lieutenant | NAO |
| | 1780/04/17 | | Battle of Martinique | NAO |
|
Sandwich
| 1780/07/24 | 1780/08/22 | Fifth Lieutenant | NAO |
|
|
| Commander, 1780/09/10 | W032 |
|
Blast
| 1781/01 | 1782/04 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
|
|
| Captain, 1782/04/07 | W032 |
|
Saint Eustatius
| 1782/04/30 | 1783/01/13 | As Commanding Officer | NAO |
|
Enterprise
| 1783 | 1784/05 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| | 1788/12/09 | | Married Mary | EWIKI |
|
|
| Appointed Earl Northesk, 1792/01/22 | W031 |
|
Beaulieu
| 1793/01 | 1793/08 | As Commanding Officer | NAO |
|
Andromeda
| 1793/08 | 1793/12 | As Commanding Officer | NAO |
|
Monmouth
| 1796/04 | 1797/05 | As Commanding Officer | NAO |
|
Prince
| 1800/10 | 1802/04 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
|
Britannia
| 1803/06 | 1804/04/23 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
|
|
| Rear-Admiral of the White, 1804/04/23 | W032 |
|
Britannia
| 1804/04/23 | 1805/12 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| | 1805/10/21 | | Battle of Trafalgar | BWAS-1714 |
|
|
| Rear-Admiral of the White, 1805/11/09 | W032 |
|
Dreadnought
| 1805/12 | 1806/03 | As Flag Officer | NAO |
|
|
| Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1806/01/29 | TKE1 |
|
|
| Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1808/04/28 | W032 |
|
|
| Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1810/07/31 | W032 |
|
|
| Admiral of the Blue, 1814/06/04 | W032 |
|
|
| Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1815/02/01 | TKE1 |
|
|
| Appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, 1821/11/21 | EWIKI |
|
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| Admiral of the White, 1821/07/19 | W031 |
|
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| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, 1827 | EWIKI |