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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.1.1738/39 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 31.8.1739 | Lieutenant ADM 6/15/218 | CSORN | |
| 12.5.1744 | Commander ADM 6/17/109 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 12.5.1744 | 19.10.1745 | Blast (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/109 Commission confirmed 31.5.1746 | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.5.1746 | Captain ADM 6/17/104 | CSORN | |
| 12.5.1746 | 20.12.1748 | Sheerness (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/104 | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.12.1748 | 21.3.1748/49 | Queenborough (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/427 | ADM 6/17 |
| 21.3.1748/49 | 22.6.1752 | Unicorn (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/450 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.10.1754 | 11.3.1755 | Seaford (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/112 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.3.1755 | 11.3.1756 | Warwick (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/145 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.3.1756 | Capture of the Warwick | ||
| 25.7.1758 | 14.7.1759 | Panther (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/528 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.1.1759 | 19.1.1759 | Attack on Martinique | |
| 20.1.1759 | 1.5.1759 | Capture of Guadeloupe | |
| 14.7.1759 | 8.1.1762 | Raisonnable (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/301 Issued by Sir John Moore (1717/18-1779), Barbados Commission confirmed 23.3.1760 | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.1.1762 | 10.2.1762 | Operations against Martinique | |
| 27.4.1762 | 1.5.1762 | Marlborough (68), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/404 | ADM 6/19 |
| 1.5.1762 | 8.6.1762 | Rochester (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/538 Issued by George Pocock (1705/6-1792), East Indies Commission confirmed 14.9.1763 | ADM 6/19 |
| 8.6.1762 | 21.9.1763 | Foudroyant (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/546 Issued by Lord George Brydges Rodney (1st Baron Rodney) (1719-1792) Commission confirmed 25.10.1763 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.12.1766 | 6.12.1769 | Cornwall (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/149 | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.11.1770 | 14.2.1772 | Royal Oak (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/315 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1772 | 1774 | Appointed Governor of Newfoundland | HPO |
| 14.2.1772 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/430 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 14.2.1772 | 16.12.1774 | Panther (60), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/20/430 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.10.1774 | 7.4.1784 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Fowey | HPO |
| 31.3.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/21/83 | CSORN | |
| 9.1775 | 5.2.1776 | Chatham (50), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 29.9.1775 | 2.1776 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/21/123 | ADM 6/21 |
| 7.12.1775 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/155 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 5.2.1776 | 6.9.1776 | Chatham (50), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.7.1776 | 4.7.1776 | Commander-in-Chief at the Staten Island Landings | |
| 2.7.1776 | 4.7.1776 | Staten Island Landings | |
| 31.7.1776 | Appointed Baron Shuldham | EWIKI | |
| 22.3.1777 | 10.9.1777 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth ADM 6/21/270 | ADM 6/21 |
| 10.9.1777 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/21/310 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 29.1.1778 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/21/359 | CSORN | |
| 12.1778 | 1779 | Foudroyant (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 26.9.1780 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/22/175 | CSORN | |
| 1782 | Dunkirk (60), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 | |
| 24.9.1787 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/23/415 | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | Admiral of the White | CSORN |