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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.11.1735 | 18.5.1739 | Royal Naval Academy, Scholar: On board from 15.2.1735/36 ADM 6/14/224 | ADM 6/14 |
| 3.3.1742/43 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 4.4.1743 | Lieutenant ADM 6/16/165 | CSORN | |
| 5.12.1747 | Commander ADM 6/17/292 | CSORN | |
| 5.12.1747 | 29.12.1748 | Baltimore (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/292 | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.4.1753 | Captain ADM 6/18/65 | CSORN | |
| 3.4.1753 | 30.6.1753 | Mermaid (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/65 | ADM 6/18 |
| 21.5.1755 | 6.11.1758 | Lyme (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/168 | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.5.1756 | Action of 17th May 1756 | ||
| 6.11.1758 | Saint Albans (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/159 Issued by Thomas Brodrick (1704-1769), Jamaica Commission confirmed 19.4.1760 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 30.6.1760 | 18.10.1760 | Lyme (28), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.8.1761 | 1763 | Revenge (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/338 | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.9.1763 | 19.10.1763 | Kent (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/534 | ADM 6/19 |
| 3.1.1770 | 25.10.1770 | Yarmouth (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/266 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.10.1770 | 24.5.1771 | Bellona (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/304 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.5.1771 | 26.10.1773 | Barfleur (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/378 | ODNB |
| 24.6.1773 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | TKE2 | |
| 1775 | 1776 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Nore | WWNH |
| 6.5.1775 | 8.8.1775 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/21/90 | ADM 6/21 |
| 6.5.1775 | 8.8.1775 | Ramillies (74), Commodore and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/90 | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.5.1776 | 19.3.1779 | Rippon (60), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/21/191 | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.5.1776 | 1780 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East Indies ADM 6/21/191 | ADM 6/21 |
| 10.8.1778 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Second Battle of Pondicherry | ||
| 19.3.1779 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/21/524 | CSORN | |
| 19.3.1779 | 26.9.1780 | Rippon (60), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 26.9.1780 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/22/177 | CSORN | |
| 26.9.1780 | 1781 | Rippon (60), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.9.1787 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1794 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN |