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Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
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1741 | 24.6.1743 | Norfolk (80), Midshipman | ref:676 |
25.6.1743 | Lieutenant ADM 6/16/429 | ODNB | |
12.3.1754 | Commander ADM 6/18/93 | ODNB | |
12.3.1754 | 8.7.1755 | Hazard (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/93 | ODNB |
8.7.1755 | Captain ADM 6/18/178 | ODNB | |
8.7.1755 | 18.5.1757 | Sheerness (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/178 | ODNB |
18.5.1757 | 21.11.1760 | Unicorn (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/400 | BWAS-1714 |
2.11.1757 | Unicorn vs Hermione | ||
3.7.1759 | Bombardment of Le Havre | ||
1761 | 1764 | Appointed Governor of Newfoundland | E-WIKI |
15.5.1761 | 4.4.1764 | Antelope (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/315 | BWAS-1714 |
14.11.1764 | 19.11.1767 | Temeraire (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/58 | BWAS-1714 |
17.11.1770 | 23.5.1771 | Cambridge (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/315 | BWAS-1714 |
14.1.1773 | 25.8.1775 | Raisonable (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/471 | BWAS-1714 |
2.1.1775 | 5.1775 | Elected a Member of Parliament for East Looe | HPO |
25.8.1775 | 31.1.1776 | Nonsuch (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/118 | BWAS-1714 |
17.3.1777 | 17.10.1778 | Conqueror (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/267 | BWAS-1714 |
17.10.1778 | 19.3.1779 | Conqueror (74), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
19.3.1779 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/524 | BWAS-1714 | |
19.3.1779 | 1782 | London (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 |
19.3.1780 | Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
26.9.1780 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/22/177 | ADM 6/22 | |
1781 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America | E-WIKI | |
16.3.1781 | Battle of Cape Henry | ||
5.9.1781 | Commanded the British Center at the Battle of the Chesapeake | ||
7.1782 | 21.9.1782 | Ramillies (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 |
17.10.1782 | Action of 1782-10-17 | ||
18.10.1782 | Action of 18 October 1782 | ||
c.22.5.1786 | 9.7.1788 | Powerful (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
3.6.1786 | 14.7.1789 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth ADM 6/23/337 | ADM 6/23 |
24.9.1787 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/23/416 | BWAS-1714 | |
1788 | 1790 | Impregnable (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 |
12.5.1790 | 24.3.1791 | Cambridge (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/24/474 | BWAS-1714 |
21.9.1790 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/68 | BWAS-1714 | |
1793 | Cambridge (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 | |
2.1793 | 1794 | Royal Sovereign (100), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 |
1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/24/200 | BWAS-1714 | |
12.4.1794 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/30 | BWAS-1714 | |
1.6.1794 | Glorious 1st of June | ||
24.10.1794 | Created 1st Baron of Gravesend in the County of Londonderry | HPO | |
1.6.1795 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/25/178 | BWAS-1714 | |
14.5.1801 | Appointed Companion of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
1802 | 9.2.1802 | London (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White ADM 107/3/474 | BWAS-1714 |