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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commanded the Fore division at the | ||||
| 6.5.1741 | 4.1743 | Romney (50), Captain's Servant | ODNB | |
| 4.1743 | 11.1743 | Garland (20), Captain's Servant | ODNB | |
| 11.1743 | 1744 | Sheerness (20), Midshipman | ODNB | |
| 1744 | 23.1.1745/46 | Ludlow Castle (44), Midshipman | ODNB | |
| 17.6.1746 | Lieutenant ADM 6/17/117 | CSORN | ||
| 16.1.1753 | 16.5.1753 | Invincible (74), Third Lieutenant ADM 6/18/53 | ODNB | |
| 16.5.1753 | 10.5.1754 | Terrible (74), Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/18/69 | ODNB | |
| 10.5.1754 | Commander ADM 6/18/100 | CSORN | ||
| 10.5.1754 | 22.7.1756 | Jamaica (10), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/100 | BWAS-1793 | |
| 22.7.1756 | Captain ADM 6/18/295 | ADM 6/18 | ||
| 22.7.1756 | 14.6.1757 | Lively (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/295 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 14.6.1757 | 7.2.1758 | Bideford (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/409 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 7.2.1758 | 1.5.1763 | Vestal (32), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 8.3.1758 ADM 6/18/485 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 21.2.1759 | Vestal vs Bellone | |||
| 3.7.1759 | Bombardment of Le Havre | |||
| 6.9.1763 | 25.7.1766 | Thunderer (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/534 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 24.2.1767 | 8.1.1771 | Romney (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 | |
| 9.4.1767 | 3.8.1768 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/20/165 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 3.8.1768 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/20/209 | ADM 6/20 | ||
| 16.12.1768 | 1770 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/20/223 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 8.1.1771 | 11.5.1771 | Royal William (84), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/332 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.11.1773 | 25.7.1776 | Marlborough (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/525 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 25.7.1776 | 7.2.1778 | Courageux (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/203 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 7.1.1778 | Encounter between Belle-Poule and two british 74 | |||
| 26.1.1778 | 30.9.1780 | Appointed Resident Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard ADM 6/21/363 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 20.5.1778 | Created 1st Baronet Hood | HPO | ||
| 1.1.1779 | 31.12.1779 | Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay. | ADM104 | |
| 26.9.1780 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/22/177 | CSORN | ||
| 26.9.1780 | 15.7.1783 | Barfleur (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | ODNB | |
| 29.4.1781 | 30.4.1781 | Commanded the British squadron at the Battle of Fort Royal | ||
| 5.9.1781 | Commanded the British Van at the Battle of the Chesapeake | |||
| 25.1.1782 | 26.1.1782 | Commanded the British Center at the Battle of Saint Kitts | ||
| 12.4.1782 | Battle of the Saintes | |||
| 19.4.1782 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of the Mona Passage | |||
| 9.1782 | 2.1783 | Queen (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 12.9.1782 | Created 1st Baron Hood | HPO | ||
| 20.10.1782 | Commanded the The Main Squadron - Rear Division at the Battle of Cape Spartel | |||
| 14.3.1785 | 16.7.1788 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Westminster | HPO | |
| 4.1786 | 10.1787 | Triumph (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 24.4.1786 | 1789 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth ADM 6/23/330 | ADM 6/23 | |
| 24.9.1787 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/23/416 | CSORN | ||
| 10.1787 | 1788 | Barfleur (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | ODNB | |
| 16.7.1788 | 6.3.1795 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB | |
| 18.8.1789 | 19.6.1790 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Reigate | HPO | |
| 2.7.1790 | 13.6.1796 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Westminster | HPO | |
| 9.1790 | 11.1790 | Royal Sovereign (100), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.9.1790 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North Sea ADM 6/24/64 | ADM 6/24 | ||
| 1792 | 8.11.1793 | Duke (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 14.6.1792 | 13.3.1793 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth ADM 6/24/168 | ADM 6/24 | |
| 1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/24/200 | CSORN | ||
| 13.3.1793 | 10.1794 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/24/220 | ADM 6/24 | |
| 29.8.1793 | 19.12.1793 | Commander-in-Chief at the Siege of Toulon | ||
| 12.4.1794 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/30 | CSORN | ||
| 20.3.1796 | 27.1.1816 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/2127 | ADM 73/36 | |
| 1.6.1796 | Appointed 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley | EWIKI | ||
| 14.2.1799 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | ||
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the Red | CSORN | ||
| 25.9.1806 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Action off Rochefort | |||
| 12.1807 | Commander of the Hood's fleet at Madeira | |||
| 2.1.1815 | Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 |