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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.1.1755 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 19.2.1755 | Lieutenant ADM 6/18/139 | CSORN | |
| 15.5.1759 | Commander ADM 6/19/119 | CSORN | |
| 15.5.1759 | 11.2.1760 | Scorpion (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/119 Issued by Charles Saunders (1713-1775) Commission confirmed 19.12.1759 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.5.1760 | 13.10.1760 | Albany (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/167 | BWAS-1714 |
| 13.10.1760 | Captain ADM 6/19/203 | CSORN | |
| 13.10.1760 | 11.3.1763 | Gosport (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/203 | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.2.1769 | 29.6.1772 | Alarm (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/228 | BWAS-1714 |
| 8.5.1775 | 31.8.1775 | Kent (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/92 | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.8.1775 | 5.8.1778 | Foudroyant (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/111 | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1778 | 1st Battle of Ushant | ||
| 22.7.1779 | 26.12.1782 | Foudroyant (80), Captain and Commanding Officer | EWIKI |
| 21.4.1782 | Pégase vs Foudroyant | ||
| 29.5.1782 | Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 20.10.1782 | Battle of Cape Spartel | ||
| 26.12.1782 | 14.1.1783 | Salisbury (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/22/565 | ADM 6/22 |
| 31.1.1783 | 5.4.1784 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Launceston | HPO |
| 3.4.1784 | 18.6.1790 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth | HPO |
| 24.9.1787 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/23/417 | CSORN | |
| 24.9.1787 | 11.1787 | Carnatic (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.6.1790 | Appointed First Captain ADM 6/24/41 to Admiral Barrington | ADM 6/24 | |
| 19.6.1790 | 1.1794 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe | HPO |
| 6.8.1790 | 8.12.1790 | Prince (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.9.1790 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/68 | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/24/201 | CSORN | |
| 24.9.1793 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/24/269 | ADM 6/24 | |
| 5.11.1793 | 1.5.1795 | Boyne (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.4.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/25/30 | CSORN | |
| 1.6.1795 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/178 | CSORN | |
| 2.10.1795 | 1799 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/25/220 | ref:989 |
| 3.12.1795 | 30.3.1797 | Victory (100), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | W009 |
| 14.2.1797 | Commander-in-Chief at the 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
| 14.2.1797 | 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
| 6.1797 | 6.1799 | Ville de Paris (110), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1793 |
| 23.6.1797 | Appointed 1st Earl St. Vincent | HPO | |
| 14.2.1799 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1800 | 1803 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel | EWIKI |
| 4.1800 | 4.1801 | Ville de Paris (110), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801 | Appointed Viscount St Vincent | EWIKI | |
| 19.2.1801 | 15.5.1804 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty | OHMB4 |
| 20.2.1801 | 14.3.1823 | Appointed Privy Counsellor | EWIKI |
| 29.4.1802 | 7.1802 | Robust (74), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1806 | 1807 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel | EWIKI |
| 17.2.1806 | 6.7.1806 | Hibernia (110), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1793 |
| 2.1.1815 | Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 |