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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 1756 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM 107/5 |
| 10.10.1759 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 19.10.1759 | Lieutenant ADM 6/19/105 | CSORN | |
| 7.3.1760 | 7.1764 | Valiant (74), Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/19/144 | ADM 6/19 |
| 4.6.1761 | 8.6.1761 | Expedition against Belle-Isle | |
| 6.6.1762 | 13.8.1762 | Operations against Havanna | |
| 3.1774 | 30.5.1776 | Appointed Agent for Transports for Boston | ADM354 |
| 30.5.1776 | Commander ADM 6/21/248 | CSORN | |
| 30.5.1776 | 2.6.1776 | Albany (16), Commander and Commanding Officer: On board from 3.6.1776 ADM 6/21/248 Issued by Lord Molyneaux Shuldham (Baron Shuldham) (1717-1798), North America Commission confirmed 8.1.1777 | ADM 6/21 |
| 9.9.1777 | Captain ADM 6/21/456 | CSORN | |
| 9.9.1777 | 26.11.1779 | Renown (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/456 Issued by Lord Richard Howe (1st Earl Howe) (1725/26-1799), North America Commission confirmed 1.10.1778 | ADM 6/21 |
| 13.8.1778 | Renown vs Languedoc | ||
| 1.7.1779 | 26.11.1779 | Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay. | ADM104 |
| 26.11.1779 | 11.1781 | Royal George (100), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/53 | BWAS-1714 |
| 8.1.1780 | Attack on the Caracas Convoy | ||
| 16.1.1780 | Battle of Cape St. Vincent | ||
| 9.4.1782 | 19.4.1782 | Victory (100), Captain and Commanding Officer | W009 |
| 5.1782 | 7.1782 | Ocean (90), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 29.4.1786 | 1.5.1789 | Elizabeth (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 1791 | 9.1791 | Barfleur (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 8.1794 | 23.10.1794 | Glory (98), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.10.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 23.10.1794 | 6.1795 | Glory (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | ref:676 |
| 1.6.1795 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 14.2.1799 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1.1.1801 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 23.4.1804 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN |