Come and ask, answer or inform.
| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.4.1748 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 12.4.1748 | Lieutenant ADM 3/17/344 | CSORN | |
| 24.5.1755 | Commander ADM 6/18/333 | CSORN | |
| 2.12.1756 | 24.12.1756 | Hunter (10), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 26.7.1758 | Captain ADM 6/19/21 | CSORN | |
| 26.7.1758 | 7.2.1762 | Echo (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/21 | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.1.1762 | 10.2.1762 | Operations against Martinique | |
| 7.2.1762 | 2.9.1763 | Levant (28), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.10.1770 | 23.3.1771 | Pallas (36), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/299 | BWAS-1714 |
| 19.9.1776 | 26.3.1779 | Ocean (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/214 | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1778 | 1st Battle of Ushant | ||
| 26.3.1779 | 9.9.1779 | Invincible (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/531 | BWAS-1714 |
| 13.9.1779 | Placed on half pay | ADM104 | |
| 16.9.1779 | 26.11.1779 | Appointed Resident Commissioner at Antigua | ADM104 |
| 26.11.1779 | 1783 | Appointed Commissioner of the Navy at Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/22/54 | ADM 6/22 |
| 2.1783 | 1789 | Appointed Resident Commissioner at Plymouth | TNC |
| 11.1789 | 9.1793 | Trusty (50), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.11.1789 | Rear-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 2.12.1789 | Created 1st Baronet Laforey | ODNB | |
| 21.9.1790 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1795 | 1797 | Saturn (74), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.1795 | 7.1795 | Aimable (32), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.6.1795 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 13.7.1795 | Battle of Hyeres | ||
| 1796 | 14.6.1796 | Majestic (74), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |