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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2.1805 | Entered the Navy | NBD1849 | |
| 1.8.1811 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 6.1814 | 13.8.1814 | Podargus (14), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 13.8.1814 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 8.1816 | 10.6.1817 | Rifleman (16), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 3.1817 | Salisbury (50), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 | |
| 10.6.1817 | Captain | NL1865-3 | |
| 10.2.1819 | Married Martha | NBD1849 | |
| 21.10.1823 | 1826 | Menai (28), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 4.1839 | 6.1842 | Benbow (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 3.11.1840 | Bombardment of Acre | ||
| 18.12.1840 | Appointed Companion of the Companion of the Order of the Bath | W025 | |
| 13.7.1846 | 13.11.1846 | Appointed Captain-Superintendant at Woolwich Dockyard | W025 |
| 13.7.1846 | 13.11.1846 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth Dockyard | W025 |
| 9.2.1850 | 2.3.1852 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | W025 |
| 16.6.1851 | Rear-Admiral | NL1865-3 | |
| 13.4.1853 | 1.1855 | Appointed Superintendent at Malta | W025 |
| 5.7.1855 | Appointed Knight Commander of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | W025 | |
| 1856 | 11.1856 | Appointed Superintendant of the Dockyard at Plymouth Dockyard | W025 |
| 26.11.1856 | 13.1.1860 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America & West Indies | W025 |
| 30.7.1857 | Vice-Admiral | NL1865-3 | |
| 11.10.1860 | 27.10.1863 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth Dockyard | W025 |
| 10.11.1862 | Admiral | NL1865-3 | |
| 28.3.1865 | Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 20.10.1872 | Admiral of the Fleet | W025 |