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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5.1741 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/425 | RNLPC | |
| 18.9.1741 | Lieutenant ADM 6/15/458 | CSORN | |
| 25.11.1746 | Captain ADM 6/17/175 | CSORN | |
| 25.11.1746 | 5.5.1748 | Captain (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/175 | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.1747 | 6.5.1748 | Sutherland (50), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.12.1748 | 10.5.1750 | Sheerness (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/424 | ADM 6/17 |
| 31.3.1753 | 17.9.1755 | Seahorse (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/64 | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.9.1755 | 15.2.1758 | Eagle (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/194 | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.5.1757 | Action of 30 May 1757 | ||
| 7.3.1758 | 2.3.1763 | Shrewsbury (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/493 | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.6.1758 | 12.6.1758 | Raid on Saint-Malo | |
| 13.3.1764 | 4.3.1766 | Guernsey (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/15 | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.4.1764 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/24 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 1765 | 1769 | Appointed Governor of Newfoundland | HPO |
| 5.3.1766 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/110 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 2.4.1766 | 5.1.1769 | Guernsey (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.8.1770 | 12.4.1775 | Appointed Comptroller of the Navy | OHMB7 |
| 6.8.1773 | Created 1st Baronet | HPO | |
| 3.10.1774 | 2.1779 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Scarborough | HPO |
| 31.3.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/83 | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1775 | 22.4.1779 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB |
| 7.12.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/21/155 | ADM 6/21 | |
| 1778 | 1779 | Ocean (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.1.1778 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/21/356 | CSORN | |
| 29.1.1778 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/21/360 | CSORN | |
| 2.1778 | 1779 | Formidable (98), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1778 | Commanded the Rear at the 1st Battle of Ushant | ||
| 20.9.1780 | 19.3.1796 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital at Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/2058 | ADM 73/36 |
| 26.9.1780 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/22/175 | CSORN | |
| 20.11.1780 | 31.3.1784 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | HPO |
| 24.9.1787 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/23/415 | ADM 6/23 | |
| 1.2.1793 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/200 | CSORN |