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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1709 | 1711 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM107/3 |
| 1715 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/301 | RNLPC | |
| 4.8.1715 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/27 | RNLPC | |
| 28.10.1718 | Lieutenant ADM 6/12/220 | CSORN | |
| 8.8.1727 | 29.7.1728 | Gibraltar (20), Lieutenant ADM 6/13/148 | ADM 6/13 |
| 29.7.1728 | 7.7.1730 | Princess Louisa (40), First Lieutenant ADM 6/14/213 | ODNB |
| 1.4.1731 | Captain ADM 6/14/71 | CSORN | |
| 1.4.1731 | 29.10.1733 | Shoreham (8), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/71 | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.2.1733/34 | 17.2.1735/36 | Blenheim (96), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/169 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.5.1738 | 11.6.1739 | Oxford (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/117 | ODNB |
| 12.6.1739 | 13.1.1740/41 | Princess Caroline (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/185 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.11.1741 | 25.11.1741 | Nassau (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/483 | ODNB |
| 26.11.1741 | 13.1.1741/42 | Saint George (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/484 | ADM 6/15 |
| 14.1.1741/42 | 2.7.1742 | Burford (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/33 Commission confirmed 23.3.1741/42 | ODNB |
| 28.10.1743 | 9.1.1745/46 | Captain (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/233 | ODNB |
| 15.1.1745/46 | 7.1748 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East Indies | ODNB |
| 15.3.1745/46 | 15.7.1747 | Princess Mary (60), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.7.1747 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/17/246 | CSORN | |
| 15.7.1747 | 22.8.1749 | Princess Mary (60), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.5.1748 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 3/17/354 | CSORN | |
| 22.8.1749 | 3.5.1750 | Exeter (60), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.1750 | Tried by court martial, found guilty of negligence, and sentenced to be suspended from his rank and employment as a flag-officer. The trial lasted from the 3rd to the 7th of December. | ODNB | |
| 1.1752 | His rank was reinstated by George II. | ODNB | |
| 15.4.1754 | 26.3.1761 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Arundel | ODNB |
| 4.2.1755 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/18/129 | CSORN | |
| 8.12.1756 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/18/331 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 24.2.1757 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/18/361 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 21.10.1762 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/19/445 | CSORN |