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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12.1729 | 14.8.1730 | Seahorse (20), Midshipman ADM 107/3/250 | ADM107/3 |
| 30.9.1731 | 8.11.1734 | Hector (40), Midshipman ADM 107/3/250 | ADM107/3 |
| 7.6.1734 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/250 | ODNB | |
| 8.11.1734 | Lieutenant ADM 6/14/197 | B051 | |
| 25.6.1739 | 14.8.1739 | Sunderland (60), Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/192 | ADM 6/15 |
| 19.2.1740/41 | Commander ADM 6/16/186 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 19.2.1740/41 | 25.9.1741 | Trial (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/186 Commission confirmed 1.6.1743 | BWAS-1714 |
| 26.9.1741 | Captain ADM 6/16/186 | B051 | |
| 26.9.1741 | 28.11.1743 | Trial Prize (8), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/185 Commission confirmed 1.6.1743 | ADM 6/16 |
| 11.1742 | Returned to England from Macau with Anson's dispatches, traveling in a Swedish merchant ship; he arrived in late May 1743 | ODNB | |
| 1.6.1743 | Dates of commissioning as commander and captain confirmed by the Admiralty. | ODNB | |
| 29.11.1743 | 19.12.1743 | Plymouth (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/242 | ODNB |
| 20.12.1743 | 10.2.1744/45 | Sapphire (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/251 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.2.1744/45 | 21.3.1744/45 | Sandwich (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/438 | ADM 6/16 |
| 22.3.1744/45 | 4.2.1746/47 | Gloucester (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/458 | BWAS-1714 |
| 26.8.1747 | 9.11.1747 | Yarmouth (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/261 | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.10.1747 | 2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre | ||
| 25.12.1747 | 29.11.1748 | Tiger (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/302 | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.4.1750 | 20.4.1754 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Plymouth | HPO |
| 26.9.1751 | Married Miss Buck | ODNB | |
| 2.1752 | 1754 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland | ODNB |
| 18.2.1752 | 23.1.1753 | Penzance (44), Commodore and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/25 | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.4.1754 | 7.12.1775 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Hedon | ODNB |
| 16.1.1755 | 28.1.1755 | Yarmouth (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/121 | ADM 6/18 |
| 28.1.1755 | 25.11.1755 | Prince (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/125 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.11.1755 | 24.6.1756 | Appointed Comptroller of the Navy | OHMB7 |
| 4.6.1756 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/18/275 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 3.12.1756 | 5.1757 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea | W029 |
| 5.4.1757 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Action of April 5 1757 | ||
| 5.1757 | 1759 | Saint George (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 13.7.1758 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/18/525 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 18.10.1758 | 26.1.1763 | Neptune (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.1758 | Ramillies (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1759 | Somerset (68), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 16.1.1759 | 19.1.1759 | Attack on Martinique | |
| 20.1.1759 | 1.5.1759 | Capture of Guadeloupe | |
| 14.2.1759 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/19/36 | NL1865-3 | |
| 28.4.1760 | 1763 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/19/161 | EWIKI |
| 16.5.1761 | Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 26.9.1762 | 10.5.1763 | Blenheim (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.10.1762 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/19/445 | NL1865-3 | |
| 15.9.1765 | 10.12.1766 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB |
| 10.9.1766 | 7.12.1775 | Appointed Privy Counsellor | HPO |
| 15.9.1766 | 11.12.1766 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty | OHMB4 |
| 18.10.1770 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/20/302 | NL1865-3 | |
| 23.4.1773 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/20/490 | ADM 6/20 |