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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.9.1816 | Entered the Navy | W025 | |
| 1.3.1823 | Ganges (84), Lieutenant | W025 | |
| 16.5.1823 | Lieutenant | W025 | |
| 16.5.1823 | 12.1825 | Euryalus (36), Lieutenant | W025 |
| 20.12.1826 | Superb (74), Lieutenant | W025 | |
| 30.4.1827 | Commander | W025 | |
| 14.6.1832 | 7.5.1833 | Sparrowhawk (18), Commander and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 4.4.1835 | 10.1.1837 | Tweed (20), Commander and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 10.1.1837 | Captain | W025 | |
| 19.6.1837 | 1.1843 | Wellesley (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 29.6.1841 | Appointed 11st Companion of the Companion of the Order of the Bath of Lauderdale | W025 | |
| 10.11.1846 | 1847 | America (50), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 28.4.1848 | 31.12.1848 | San Josef (114), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 1.1.1849 | 1852 | Impregnable (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 20.12.1853 | 19.3.1854 | Victory (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 17.1.1854 | 18.6.1857 | Excellent (104), Captain and Commanding Officer | W025 |
| 18.6.1857 | Rear-Admiral | W025 | |
| 5.5.1860 | 31.10.1862 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Pacific Ocean | W025 |
| 1862 | Succeeded as 11st Earl of Lauderdale | W025 | |
| 18.11.1863 | Vice-Admiral | W025 | |
| 28.3.1865 | Appointed 11st Companion of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath of Lauderdale | W025 | |
| 8.4.1868 | Admiral | W025 | |
| 24.5.1873 | Appointed 11st Knight Grand Cross of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath of Lauderdale | W025 |