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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 1752 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM 107/5 |
| 7.11.1757 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 25.1.1758 | Lieutenant ADM 6/18/477 | CSORN | |
| 20.11.1759 | 19.12.1759 | Norfolk (74), Third Lieutenant ADM 6/19/113 | ODNB |
| 19.12.1759 | 23.6.1760 | Norfolk (74), Second Lieutenant ADM 6/19/119 | ODNB |
| 11.7.1761 | 16.12.1762 | Lennox (74), Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/19/497 Issued by Charles Steevens (1705-1761) Commission confirmed 16.5.1763 | ODNB |
| 6.6.1762 | 14.8.1762 | Manilla operations | |
| 24.9.1762 | 6.10.1762 | Battle of Manilla | |
| 16.12.1762 | Commander ADM 6/20/45 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 16.12.1762 | 18.7.1763 | Manilla (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/45 Issued by Sir Samuel Cornish (1st Baronet of Sharnbrook) (1715-1770), East Indies - Asia Commission confirmed 18.8.1764 | ODNB |
| 18.7.1763 | Captain ADM 6/20/44 | CSORN | |
| 18.7.1763 | 25.8.1764 | Baleine (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/45 Issued by Sir Samuel Cornish (1st Baronet of Sharnbrook) (1715-1770), East Indies - Asia Commission confirmed 18.8.1764 | BWAS-1714 |
| 29.11.1766 | 9.5.1769 | Hussar (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/148 | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.9.1770 | 9.7.1772 | Boston (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/468 Issued by Sir Samuel Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley) (1724-1816) Commission confirmed 2.12.1772 | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.7.1775 | 4.10.1780 | Phoenix (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/101 | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.7.1776 | 4.7.1776 | Staten Island Landings | |
| 22.7.1778 | Encounter at Sandy Hook | ||
| 21.4.1779 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | TKE2 | |
| 19.2.1781 | 16.10.1781 | Latona (38), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/253 | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.8.1781 | Battle of Dogger Bank | ||
| 16.10.1781 | 8.4.1783 | Goliath (74), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 18.11.1781 ADM 6/22/351 | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.10.1782 | Battle of Cape Spartel | ||
| 15.4.1783 | 9.8.1786 | Goliath (74), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 21.4.1783 ADM 6/23/50 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.9.1787 | 21.2.1788 | Orion (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/414 | ADM 6/23 |
| 21.2.1788 | 10.5.1790 | Royal Charlotte (8), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/449 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.5.1790 | 22.10.1790 | Brunswick (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/26 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.10.1790 | 11.12.1790 | Formidable (98), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/81 | ADM 6/24 |
| 11.12.1790 | 23.3.1791 | Royal Charlotte (8), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/94 | ADM 6/24 |
| 23.3.1791 | 1.2.1793 | Victory (100), First Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/113 | ADM 6/24 |
| 1.2.1793 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/201 | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | 23.4.1793 | Bedford (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.4.1793 | Appointed First Captain ADM 6/24/235 To Samuel Hood | ADM 6/24 | |
| 12.4.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/30 | CSORN | |
| 4.7.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/55 | CSORN | |
| 1.3.1795 | 17.1.1796 | Saint George (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.3.1795 | Action off Genoa | ||
| 1.6.1795 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/179 | CSORN | |
| 13.7.1795 | Battle of Hyeres | ||
| 1.1796 | 1797 | Britannia, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.6.1796 | 10.1800 | Queen (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.8.1796 | 1800 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/26/23 | ref:990 |
| 14.2.1797 | 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
| 14.2.1799 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 9.1800 | 1801 | Royal George (100), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.1801 | 6.1801 | Ardent (64), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1793 |
| 2.1801 | 1802 | London (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.4.1801 | Commanded the Reserve at the Battle of Copenhagen | ||
| 2.4.1801 | Commander-in-Chief at the Battle of Copenhagen | ||
| 23.4.1804 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the Red | CSORN |