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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 1754 | Service as a merchant seaman | ref:1220 |
| 1758 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 27.10.1758 | Lieutenant ADM 6/18/553 | CSORN | |
| 7.4.1762 | Commander ADM 6/19/396 | CSORN | |
| 7.4.1762 | 14.10.1762 | Grampus (10), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/396 | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.10.1762 | 18.5.1763 | Vulture (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/443 | ADM 6/19 |
| 27.5.1763 | 20.6.1765 | Cruizer (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/503 | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.6.1765 | Captain ADM 6/20/78 | CSORN | |
| 20.6.1765 | 30.7.1765 | Renown (30), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/78 | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.7.1765 | 21.8.1765 | Cruizer (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/84 | ADM 6/20 |
| 22.8.1765 | 13.8.1767 | Jason (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/87 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1767 | 1768 | Appointed Governor of Falkland Islands | EWIKI |
| 13.8.1767 | 15.11.1769 | Seaford (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/177 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.3.1771 | 25.5.1771 | Arethusa (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/361 | ADM 6/20 |
| 1.8.1771 | 23.4.1773 | Southampton (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/393 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.4.1773 | 8.1774 | Orpheus (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/490 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.1776 | 1.1781 | Bienfaisant (64), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1778 | 1st Battle of Ushant | ||
| 8.1.1780 | Attack on the Caracas Convoy | ||
| 16.1.1780 | Battle of Cape St. Vincent | ||
| 1.1781 | 5.1782 | Artois (40), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.8.1781 | Battle of Dogger Bank | ||
| 1783 | 4.1783 | Artois (40), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.1783 | 1784 | Druid (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.4.1784 | 26.6.1790 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Plymouth | HPO |
| 10.1787 | 1792 | Cumberland (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.2.1793 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | 10.1793 | Cumberland (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.1793 | Regulus (44), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 2.1794 | 1795 | Minotaur (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1793 |
| 12.4.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1.6.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 1795 | Sceptre (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.6.1795 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 12.1796 | 4.1797 | Russell (74), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.2.1799 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN |