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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1762 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/6/33 | RNLPC | |
| 29.11.1766 | Lieutenant ADM 6/20/148 | CSORN | |
| 2.2.1771 | 21.10.1772 | Egmont (10), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.3.1773 | 25.6.1773 | Anson (6), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer ADM 106/1220/144 | ADM 106 |
| 25.6.1773 | Commander ADM 6/20/500 | CSORN | |
| 25.6.1773 | 14.2.1774 | Senegal (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/500 | ADM 6/20 |
| 14.2.1774 | 8.2.1775 | Nautilus (16), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/15 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.3.1775 | 31.1.1776 | Martin (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/79 | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.8.1777 | Captain ADM 6/21/306 | CSORN | |
| 28.8.1777 | 24.10.1777 | Sultan (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/306 | ADM 6/21 |
| 24.10.1777 | 27.7.1779 | Deal Castle (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/327 | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1779 | 3.12.1781 | Maidstone (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/48 Issued by John Byron (1723-1786), North America Commission confirmed 10.11.1779 | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.12.1781 | 22.3.1783 | Iphigenia (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/376 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.3.1783 | 11.3.1786 | Dictator (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/38 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.2.1787 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/23/380 | ADM 6/23 | |
| 10.2.1787 | 24.6.1790 | Jupiter (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/378 | ADM 6/23 |
| 24.12.1792 | 4.7.1794 | Audacious (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/186 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.1.1793 | 26.12.1800 | Appointed Lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital at Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/2112 | ADM 73/36 |
| 4.7.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/55 | CSORN | |
| 8.11.1794 | 1796 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/25/105 | ADM 6/25 |
| 1.6.1795 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/179 | CSORN | |
| 10.1796 | 10.1797 | Prince George (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 1797 | Blenheim (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral | BWAS-1714 | |
| 14.2.1797 | 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
| 12.1798 | 9.1799 | Prince George (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.2.1799 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1800 | 1802 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America | EWIKI |
| 4.1800 | America (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.1.1801 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN |