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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.9.1708 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 7.1.1708/9 | Lieutenant ADM 6/10/21 | ADM 6/10 | |
| 23.3.1713/14 | 25.6.1716 | Woolwich (54), Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/287 | ADM 6/11 |
| 26.6.1716 | Captain ADM 6/12/72 | CSORN | |
| 26.6.1716 | 11.3.1718/19 | Bideford (24), Captain and Master and Commanding Officer ADM 6/12/72 | HLDC1 |
| 29.9.1719 | 11.8.1727 | Lively (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/12/179 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.8.1727 | 5.7.1728 | Lively (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/13/149 | ADM 6/13 |
| 6.1728 | Began a 13 year period on half pay. | ODNB | |
| 10.1739 | Appointed to the command of the Rippon (60) but requested leave to stay on shore as he had a lawsuit pending. | ODNB | |
| 5.6.1741 | 6.12.1743 | Barfleur (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/425 | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.12.1743 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/16/246 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 7.12.1743 | 1744 | Barfleur (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | ODNB |
| 11.2.1743/44 | 12.2.1743/44 | Commanded the Van Division at the Battle of Toulon | |
| 19.6.1744 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/16/325 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 26.6.1744 | 7.1745 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/16/330 | ODNB |
| 8.1744 | 10.1745 | Neptune (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.4.1745 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/16/469 | CSORN | |
| 15.7.1747 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/17/246 | ADM 6/17 | |
| 12.5.1748 | Admiral of the White ADM 3/17/354 | CSORN | |
| 12.7.1749 | 1763 | Appointed Rear-Admiral of Great Britain ADM 6/17/478 | ADM 6/17 |
| 27.2.1749/50 | 15.4.1754 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Taunton | HPO |
| 22.6.1751 | 11.1756 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | ODNB |
| 12.12.1753 | Appointed Companion of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 18.4.1754 | 17.3.1761 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth | HPO |
| 17.12.1762 | Admiral of the Fleet ADM 6/19/455 | ADM 6/19 |