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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Appointed Knight Batchelor | ||
| 10.3.1777 | Lieutenant ADM 6/21/264 | CSORN | |
| 19.7.1778 | 5.8.1778 | Pigot (8), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.8.1779 | Commander ADM 6/22/78 | CSORN | |
| 6.8.1779 | 16.9.1780 | Trepassey (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/77 Issued by Richard Edwards (1715-1795), Newfoundland Confirmed 12.1.1780 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.9.1780 | 16.6.1781 | Salamander (8), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.6.1781 | Captain ADM 6/22/360 | CSORN | |
| 16.6.1781 | 15.7.1781 | Terrible (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/360 Issued by Lord George Brydges Rodney (1st Baron Rodney) (1719-1792), Barbados | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.7.1781 | 6.2.1782 | Russell (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/435 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.1.1782 | 26.1.1782 | Battle of Saint Kitts | |
| 24.9.1782 | 10.4.1783 | Mercury (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/520 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.4.1783 | 11.7.1786 | Mercury (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/47 | ADM 6/23 |
| 29.8.1794 | 3.1796 | Ruby (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/81 | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.1797 | 8.1797 | Neptune (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 8.1797 | 11.1797 | San Damaso (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 4.7.1798 | 4.1799 | Achille (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1793 |
| 1799 | Appointed to command the Sea Fencibles at Fowey | ref:1589 | |
| 1.1.1801 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 23.4.1804 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1805 | 1807 | Matilda (8), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1793 |
| 9.11.1805 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 3.1808 | 1810 | Thisbe (18), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.4.1808 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1810 | 1811 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Nore | E-WIKI |
| 1811 | Namur (74), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1714 | |
| 12.8.1812 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN |