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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1706 | Somerset (80), Midshipman | ODNB | |
| 8.2.1709/10 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 5.9.1710 | Lieutenant ADM 6/11/269 | ADM 6/11 | |
| 5.9.1710 | 21.9.1710 | Fame (24), Lieutenant ADM 6/11/269 Commission confirmed 11.8.1713 | ADM 6/11 |
| 6.12.1710 | 1713 | Stirling Castle (70), Third Lieutenant ADM 6/11/269 Commission confirmed 11.8.1713 | ADM 6/11 |
| 7.3.1718/19 | 3.4.1720 | Dorsetshire (80), Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/12/157 | ADM 6/12 |
| 9.2.1719/20 | Commander ADM 6/12/193 | ADM 6/12 | |
| 9.2.1719/20 | 17.2.1720/21 | Poole (32), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/12/193 | BWAS-1603 |
| 17.2.1720/21 | Captain ADM 6/13/4 | CSORN | |
| 17.2.1720/21 | 15.3.1721/22 | York (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/13/4 | BWAS-1603 |
| 15.3.1721/22 | 4.9.1728 | Leopard (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/31 | ADM 6/13 |
| 5.5.1730 | 19.5.1731 | Diamond (40), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/49 | BWAS-1603 |
| 19.5.1731 | 11.5.1732 | Romney (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/76 | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.5.1732 | 7.11.1734 | Gibraltar (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/107 | BWAS-1714 |
| 8.11.1734 | 3.9.1737 | Dreadnought (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/197 | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.2.1737/38 | 28.1.1740/41 | Romney (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/97 | BWAS-1714 |
| 29.1.1740/41 | 22.11.1741 | Nassau (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/373 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.11.1741 | "Appointed First Captain of any ship or vessel wherein the Rt. Honerable ir John NOrris Knt. Vice-Admiral of Great Britiain ... and Admirla anc commander in Chief of his Majesty's fleet shall hoist his flag." | ADM 6/15 | |
| 19.6.1744 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/16/325 | CSORN | |
| 10.1744 | 1745 | Ipswich (70), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.4.1745 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/16/470 | CSORN | |
| 27.7.1745 | 5.8.1747 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea | ODNB |
| 8.1745 | 5.8.1746 | Russell (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.7.1747 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/17/246 | CSORN |