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Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
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1709 | 1711 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM 107/3 |
1715 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/301 | RNLPC | |
4.8.1715 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/27 | RNLPC | |
17.2.1715/16 | 1.2.1716/17 | Weymouth (50)
1693-1717 , Unknown, British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | NMM-GRI |
1.2.1716/17 | 11.12.1717 | Panther (54)
1716-1768 , Unknown, British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1745 Renamed "Panther Hulk" | NMM-GRI |
27.4.1718 | 27.10.1718 | Barfleur (90)
1716-1755 , Unknown, British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | NMM-GRI |
11.8.1718 | Battle of Cape Passaro | ||
28.10.1718 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
8.8.1727 | 29.7.1728 | Gibraltar (20)
1727-1749 , Lieutenant, ADM 6/13/148British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | ADM 6/13 |
29.7.1728 | 7.7.1730 | Princess Louisa (40)
1728-1736 , First Lieutenant, ADM 6/14/213British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship | ODNB |
1.4.1731 | Captain | CSORN | |
1.4.1731 | 29.10.1733 | Shoreham (8)
1720-1744 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/71British 8 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | BWAS-1714 |
27.2.1733/34 | 17.2.1735/36 | Blenheim (96)
1709-1763 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/169British 96 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
16.5.1738 | 11.6.1739 | Oxford (50)
1727-1758 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/117British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | ODNB |
12.6.1739 | 13.1.1740/41 | Princess Caroline (80)
1731-1764 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/185British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
23.11.1741 | 25.11.1741 | Nassau (70)
1740-1770 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/483British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | ODNB |
26.11.1741 | 13.1.1741/42 | Saint George (90)
1740-1774 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/484British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 6/15 |
14.1.1741/42 | 2.7.1742 | Burford (70)
1722-1752 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/33British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line Confirmed 23.3.1741/42 | ODNB |
28.10.1743 | 9.1.1745/46 | Captain (70)
1743-1777 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/233British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1777 Renamed "Buffalo" | ODNB |
15.1.1745/46 | 7.1748 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East Indies | ODNB |
15.3.1745/46 | 14.7.1747 | Princess Mary (60)
1742-1766 , as Flag Officer, Commodore, ADM 107/3/35British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
15.7.1747 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
15.7.1747 | 3.8.1749 | Princess Mary (60)
1742-1766 , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red, British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
12.5.1748 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
22.8.1749 | 3.5.1750 | Exeter (60)
1744-1763 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | 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 | CSORN | |
8.12.1756 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | ADM 6/18 | |
24.2.1757 | Admiral of the Blue | ADM 6/18 | |
21.10.1762 | Admiral of the White | CSORN |
Griffin served in the Baltic Fleet, 1716 to 1717, in the Weymouth and then in the Panther. He became a lieutenant in 1718 and was in the Barfleur and Orford, Mediterranean Station, until 1720; from 1727 to 1730 he served in the Gibraltar, the Princess Louisa and the Falmouth on the same station. He was promoted to captain in 1731, served in the West Indies in the Shoreham from 1731 to 1733 and on the Channel Station under Sir John Norris (ca. 1670-1749) from 1735 until 1740 in the Blenheim, Oxford and Princess Caroline. It was in the latter ship that he sailed to join Admiral Vernon's fleet in the West Indies in October 1740. During the abortive attack on Cartagena in 1741 he commanded the Burford. Griffin was then at Portsmouth until 1743 in the St George . It was during his service in the Captain, 1744 to 1745, that he was accused of an error of judgement, court-martialled but acquitted. He was made rear-admiral, in 1747, when he hoisted his flag in the Princess Mary and went to the East Indies. In the following year he was promoted to vice-admiral and, on his arrival back in England, found himself the object of criticism over an alleged failure to attack eight French ships: he requested a court martial, was found guilty of negligence and suspended from his rank. Although reinstated in 1752, he had no further active employment