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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5.1738 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 14.8.1739 | Lieutenant ADM 6/15/211 | CSORN | |
| 20.2.1741/42 | Commander ADM 6/16/16 | CSORN | |
| 20.2.1741/42 | 14.9.1742 | Success (20), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/16 | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.9.1742 | 4.4.1744 | Mortar (10), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/99 | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.4.1744 | Captain ADM 6/16/286 | CSORN | |
| 5.4.1744 | 17.7.1744 | Shoreham (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/286 | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.7.1744 | 6.11.1744 | Royal Sovereign (104), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/342 | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.6.1745 | 9.1.1745/46 | Milford (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/495 | ADM 6/16 |
| 10.1.1745/46 | 18.8.1748 | Windsor (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/42 | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.5.1747 | 1st Battle of Cape Finisterre | ||
| 14.10.1747 | 2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre | ||
| 4.2.1755 | 17.11.1756 | Weymouth (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/128 | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.11.1756 | 10.1.1759 | Duke (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/326 | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.6.1758 | 12.6.1758 | Raid on Saint-Malo | |
| 21.12.1758 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Cork ADM 6/19/16 Commodore of the ships "intended to be employed at Cork & the coast of Ireland for raising men for His Majesty's Fleet". | ADM 6/19 | |
| 15.8.1759 | Appointed Second in Command — Plymouth ADM 6/19/87 | ADM 6/19 |