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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1743 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 23.11.1743 | Lieutenant ADM 6/17/200 | ADM 6/17 | |
| 18.1.1743/44 | 19.3.1743/44 | Neptune (90), Sixth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/200 Issued by Thomas Mathews (1676-1750) Commission confirmed 14.2.1746/47 | ADM 6/17 |
| 11.2.1743/44 | 12.2.1743/44 | Battle of Toulon | |
| 19.3.1743/44 | 11.3.1744/45 | Barfleur (90), Sixth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/200 Issued by Thomas Mathews (1676-1750) Commission confirmed 14.2.1746/47 | ADM 6/17 |
| 11.3.1744/45 | Commander ADM 6/17/176 | ADM 6/17 | |
| 11.3.1744/45 | 6.5.1747 | Maidstone (54), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/176 Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea Commission confirmed 29.11.1746 | ADM 6/17 |
| 6.5.1747 | Captain ADM 6/17/223 | CSORN | |
| 6.5.1747 | 28.4.1749 | Margate (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/223 | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.5.1755 | 29.1.1759 | Woolwich (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/168 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.1.1759 | 19.1.1759 | Attack on Martinique | |
| 20.1.1759 | 1.5.1759 | Capture of Guadeloupe | |
| 29.1.1759 | 12.5.1759 | Bristol (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/190 Issued by Sir John Moore (1717/18-1779) Commission confirmed 14.8.1760 | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.5.1759 | 20.1.1761 | Buckingham (68), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/190 Issued by Sir John Moore (1717/18-1779) Commission confirmed 14.8.1760 | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.1.1761 | 31.8.1762 | Buckingham (68), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/268 | ADM 6/19 |
| 31.8.1762 | 1763 | Terrible (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/434 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.6.1772 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | TKE2 | |
| 26.10.1773 | 1.11.1775 | Barfleur (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/524 | ODNB |
| 10.1775 | 28.4.1777 | Bristol (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.11.1775 | 24.10.1776 | Royal Oak (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.9.1776 | 28.4.1777 | Chatham (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.12.1776 | 8.12.1776 | Commander-in-Chief at the Occupation of Rhode Island | |
| 6.12.1776 | 8.12.1776 | Occupation of Rhode Island | |
| 28.4.1777 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/281 | CSORN | |
| 28.4.1777 | 1778 | Chatham (50), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.4.1777 | 1779 | Bristol (50), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.6.1777 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/21/291 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 23.1.1778 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/21/356 | CSORN | |
| 29.1.1778 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/21/360 | CSORN | |
| 19.3.1779 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/524 | CSORN | |
| 1.1780 | Ruby (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 26.9.1780 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/22/175 | CSORN | |
| 1781 | Ruby (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
| 4.1782 | 8.1782 | Sandwich (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.9.1787 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 12.1792 | 1799 | Royal William (84), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793 | 14.9.1799 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth | EWIKI |
| 12.4.1794 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 16.9.1799 | Admiral of the Fleet | CSORN |