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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4.1738 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 23.5.1738 | Lieutenant ADM 6/15/174 | CSORN | |
| 26.2.1742/43 | Commander ADM 6/16/151 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 26.2.1742/43 | 5.5.1743 | Terror (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/151 | ADM 6/16 |
| 6.5.1743 | 1.9.1743 | Ferret (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/178 | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.12.1743 | Captain ADM 6/16/253 | CSORN | |
| 24.12.1743 | 17.4.1744 | Squirrel (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/253 | ADM 6/16 |
| 18.4.1744 | 24.2.1744/45 | Dolphin (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/295 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.2.1744/45 | 25.9.1746 | Deptford (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/159 | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.7.1747 | 29.12.1747 | Duke (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/251 | ADM 6/17 |
| 29.12.1747 | 20.12.1748 | Saint Albans (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/303 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.12.1748 | 25.4.1749 | Monarch (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/415 | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.2.1753 | 31.3.1756 | William and Mary (10), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/60 | BWAS-1714 |
| 31.3.1756 | 5.5.1757 | Devonshire (66), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/249 | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.5.1757 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/18/393 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 5.5.1757 | 1760 | Cambridge (80), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/18/393 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.1.1759 | 19.1.1759 | Commanded the British Leeward Island's Squadron at the Attack on Martinique | |
| 20.1.1759 | 1.5.1759 | Commanded the British Leeward Islands' Squadron at the Capture of Guadeloupe | |
| 2.12.1761 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Downs ADM 6/19/370 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 21.10.1762 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/19/445 | CSORN | |
| 1766 | 1769 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth | EWIKI |
| 18.5.1770 | Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 18.10.1770 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/20/302 | CSORN | |
| 24.10.1770 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/20/305 | CSORN | |
| 31.3.1775 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/21/83 | CSORN | |
| 29.1.1778 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN |