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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1776 | Entered the Navy | DAR-1837 | |
| 16.7.1780 | Lieutenant ADM 6/22/356 | CSORN | |
| 6.11.1781 | Commander ADM 6/23/192 | ADM 6/23 | |
| 6.11.1781 | 17.3.1783 | Tobago (16), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/192 Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1st Baronet of Bassingbourne) (1715-1811), Jamaica Commission confirmed 21.2.1784 | ADM 6/23 |
| 17.3.1783 | Captain ADM 6/23/192 | CSORN | |
| 17.3.1783 | 3.4.1784 | Preston (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/192 Issued by Sir Joshua Rowley (1st Baronet Rowley) (1734-1790), Jamaica Commission confirmed 21.2.1784 | ODNB |
| 16.6.1789 | 26.1.1791 | Porcupine (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/531 | ADM 6/23 |
| 26.1.1791 | 30.11.1791 | Porcupine (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/104 | ADM 6/24 |
| 30.11.1791 | 22.8.1792 | Porcupine (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/148 | ADM 6/24 |
| 12.3.1793 | 1795 | Magicienne (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/218 | ADM 6/24 |
| 6.1795 | 3.1798 | Irresistible (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 23.6.1795 | Action of Ile Groix | ||
| 14.2.1797 | 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
| 26.4.1797 | Action of 1797-04-26 | ||
| 7.1798 | 1803 | Northumberland (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 18.2.1800 | Capture of the Généreux | ||
| 3.1803 | 3.1804 | Colossus (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 1804 | Glory (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB | |
| 28.11.1804 | 9.11.1805 | Barfleur (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 22.7.1805 | 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre | ||
| 9.11.1805 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 1807 | 1808 | Queen (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.1807 | 1808 | Montagu (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 1808 | 1810 | Canopus (80), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1793 |
| 28.4.1808 | Rear-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 24.6.1809 | 26.6.1809 | Commanded the British Ships at the Operations in the Bay of Naples | |
| 21.10.1809 | Action of 1809-10-21 | ||
| 25.10.1809 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 31.7.1810 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 6.1812 | 1813 | Impetueux (74), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1793 |
| 12.8.1812 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1813 | Stately (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 | |
| 12.1813 | 8.1814 | Rodney (74), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1793 |
| 4.6.1814 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 25.6.1814 | Appointed 1st Knight Bachelor Exmouth | TKE1 | |
| 2.1.1815 | Created 1st Knight Commander of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 8.6.1820 | Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 1824 | 1827 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth | EWIKI |
| 23.1.1833 | 4.1834 | Appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom | EWIKI |
| 4.1834 | 9.11.1846 | Appointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom | EWIKI |
| 10.7.1847 | 28.7.1847 | Appointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom | EWIKI |