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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.1721 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ref:569 | |
| 23.1.1722/23 | Lieutenant ADM 6/13/61 | CSORN | |
| 23.1.1722/23 | 9.10.1723 | Guernsey (50), Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/13/61 Commission confirmed 10.10.1723 | ADM 6/13 |
| 1726 | 18.3.1725/26 | Falkland (50), Lieutenant | ref:569 |
| 20.5.1727 | Commander ADM 6/13/153 | ADM 6/13 | |
| 20.5.1727 | 18.6.1727 | Griffin (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/13/153 | ADM 6/13 |
| 19.6.1727 | Captain ADM 6/13/153 | CSORN | |
| 19.6.1727 | 2.6.1728 | Grafton (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/13/153 Commission confirmed 22.8.1727 | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.1728 | 1.4.1729 | Solebay (6), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.4.1729 | 22.12.1729 | Leopard (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/20 | BWAS-1603 |
| 13.1.1729/30 | 8.1732 | Solebay (6), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/44 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.2.1733/34 | 16.10.1735 | Leopard (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/166 | ref:569 |
| 23.12.1735 | 15.1.1741/42 | Squirrel (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/227 | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.1740 | 5.7.1740 | Attack on St. Augustine | |
| 4.3.1740/41 | 5.1741 | Operations against Cartagena | |
| 16.1.1741/42 | 25.12.1743 | Launceston (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/4 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.9.1744 | 15.10.1744 | Fame (12), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.10.1744 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/16/362 Renewed 18.5.1745 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 16.10.1744 | 16.2.1744/45 | Weymouth (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/363 | ADM 6/16 |
| 1745 | 8.1745 | Superb (60), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.8.1745 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/16/525 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 7.1746 | 1747 | Vigilant (60), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.7.1746 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/17/128 | CSORN | |
| 4.1747 | 6.1747 | Devonshire (66), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 29.5.1747 | Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 1.7.1747 | 29.7.1752 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Westminster | HPO |
| 15.7.1747 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/17/246 | CSORN | |
| 1748 | 12.1748 | Devonshire (66), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.1.1747/48 | 12.8.1748 | Invincible (74), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.1.1747/48 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/17/312 | ADM 6/17 | |
| 12.5.1748 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 3/17/354 | CSORN |