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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1736 | 7.1739 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM 6/86 | |
| 14.7.1739 | 29.6.1740 | Pearl (40)
1726-1744 , Midshipman ADM 6/86/61British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 6/86 | |
| 16.7.1739 | Entered the Navy | ODNB | ||
| 18.10.1743 | 13.12.1743 | Suffolk (70)
1739-1765 , Midshipman ADM 6/86/61British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 6/86 | |
| 24.5.1744 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/86/61 | RNLPC | ||
| 12.8.1745 | Lieutenant | ADM 6/16 | ||
| 5.11.1745 | Commander | ADM 6/17 | ||
| 5.11.1745 | 9.4.1746 | Baltimore (14)
1742-1762 , Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/17British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | BWAS-1714 | |
| 10.4.1746 | Captain | CSORN | ||
| 10.4.1746 | 11.9.1747 | Triton (20)
1745-1758 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/86British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | ODNB | |
| 3.5.1746 | Wounded in the head an action against French privateers in a loch in the Sound of Arisaig | ODNB | ||
| 11.9.1747 | 29.10.1748 | Rippon (54)
1735-1751 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/266British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | ODNB | |
| 29.10.1748 | 12.7.1749 | Cornwall (80)
1726-1761 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/484British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 14.3.1750/51 | 20.5.1752 | Glory (44)
1747-1763 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/543British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship | ODNB | |
| 3.6.1752 | 21.8.1754 | Dolphin (24)
1751-1777 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/36British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship | ODNB | |
| 20.1.1755 | 13.6.1757 | Dunkirk (60)
1754-1792 , Captain and Commanding OfficerBritish 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | ODNB | |
| 6.6.1755 | 8.6.1755 | Action of 6-8 June 1755 | ||
| 13.6.1757 | 1.6.1758 | Magnanime (74)
1748-1775 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/409British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 5.9.1757 | 6.10.1757 | Raid on Rochefort | ||
| 1.6.1758 | 4.7.1758 | Essex (64)
1741-1759 , as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/18/138British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | SCHOMB | |
| 5.6.1758 | 12.6.1758 | Commanded the Inshore Squadron at the Raid on Saint-Malo | ||
| 6.7.1758 | Appointed 4th Viscount Howe | ODNB | ||
| 7.8.1758 | Pallas (36)
1757-1783 , as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 107/3/138British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | BWAS-1714 | ||
| 4.2.1760 | Colonel of Marines | ADM 192 | ||
| 27.1.1762 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Basque Roads ADM 6/19/382 | ADM 6/19 | ||
| 22.6.1762 | 23.1.1763 | Princess Amelia (80)
1757-1788 , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/418British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 20.4.1763 | 30.7.1765 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB4 | |
| 1765 | 5.8.1799 | Appointed Privy Counsellor | E-WIKI | |
| 18.10.1770 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | ||
| 26.11.1770 | 1776 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/20/317 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 31.3.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the White | CSORN | ||
| 7.12.1775 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | ADM 6/21 | ||
| 2.1776 | 13.8.1778 | Eagle (64)
1774-1812 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 107/3/138British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1800 Renamed "Buckingham" | BWAS-1714 | |
| 15.2.1776 | 9.1778 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/21/158 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 2.4.1776 | Vice-Admiral of the White | ADM 6/21 | ||
| 12.5.1778 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | ADM 6/21 | ||
| 22.7.1778 | Commanded the British Fleet at the Encounter at Sandy Hook | |||
| 11.8.1778 | Commanded the British Fleet at the Howe's encounter with d'Estaing | |||
| 14.8.1778 | Centurion (50)
1774-1824 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 107/3/138British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | ||
| 2.4.1782 | 1783 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/22/437 | ADM 6/22 | |
| 8.4.1782 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | ||
| 20.4.1782 | 14.11.1782 | Victory (100)
1765-2019 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/24/138British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | W009 | |
| 9.1782 | 12.1782 | Commander of the Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 | ||
| 20.10.1782 | Commanded the The Main Squadron - Lead Division at the Battle of Cape Spartel | |||
| 30.1.1783 | 9.4.1783 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty | OHMB4 | |
| 31.12.1783 | 15.7.1788 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty | OHMB4 | |
| 24.9.1787 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | ||
| 1788 | Created 1st Baron Howe | E-WIKI | ||
| 1788 | Appointed 1st Earl Howe | E-WIKI | ||
| 13.5.1790 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/24/29 | ADM 6/24 | ||
| 29.5.1790 | 10.1790 | Queen Charlotte (100)
1790-1800 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White ADM 107/3/138British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | ref:1612 | |
| 23.7.1790 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/24/54 | ADM 6/24 | ||
| 23.3.1791 | Victory (100)
1765-2019 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/113British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 6/24 | ||
| 9.6.1792 | 3.1796 | Appointed Vice-Admiral of Great Britain ADM 6/24/28 | E-WIKI | |
| 1.2.1793 | 1795 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/24/204 | ADM 6/24 | |
| 7.2.1793 | 1796 | Queen Charlotte (100)
1790-1800 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/206British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.6.1794 | Commanded the British Fleet at the Glorious 1st of June | |||
| 23.6.1795 | Action of Ile Groix | |||
| 1796 | 1797 | Royal George (100)
1788-1822 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Fleet ADM 107/3/138British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 12.3.1796 | Admiral of the Fleet | CSORN |