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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1769 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/6/175 | RNLPC | |
| 12.11.1770 | Lieutenant ADM 6/20/315 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 10.5.1777 | Commander ADM 6/21/454 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 10.5.1777 | 18.7.1778 | Snake (12), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/454 Issued by James Young (1717-1789), Barbados Commission confirmed 23.9.1778 | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.9.1778 | Captain | TRN3 | |
| 23.9.1778 | 3.1782 | Hind (24), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.5.1779 | 31.8.1780 | Snake (14), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.4.1782 | 30.4.1783 | Ambuscade (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/450 | ADM 6/22 |
| 3.10.1787 | 9.10.1788 | Perseverance (36), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/424 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.5.1790 | 31.1.1793 | Crescent (36), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/26 | BWAS-1714 |
| 31.1.1793 | 1.6.1795 | Fortitude (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/199 | BWAS-1793 |
| 14.3.1795 | Action off Genoa | ||
| 20.4.1795 | 1.6.1795 | Appointed First Captain ADM 6/25/164 To Samuel Hood in the Mediterranean | ADM 6/25 |
| 1.6.1795 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/25/180 | TRN3 | |
| 20.11.1795 | 18.2.1801 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB4 |
| 14.2.1799 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | TRN3 | |
| 1.1.1801 | Vice-Admiral of the White | TRN3 | |
| 23.4.1804 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | TRN3 | |
| 5.1804 | 1810 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth | E-WIKI |
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the Blue | TRN3 | |
| 31.7.1810 | Admiral of the White | TRN3 | |
| 1811 | 1812 | Christian VII (80), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White | BWAS-1793 |
| 1811 | 1815 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North Sea | ref:676 |
| 14.5.1814 | 18.7.1819 | Appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom | E-WIKI |
| 12.7.1814 | Appointed Companion of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 2.1.1815 | Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | E-WIKI | |
| 18.7.1819 | 25.10.1821 | Appointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom | E-WIKI |