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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1.1754 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/264 | RNLPC | |
| 3.7.1754 | Lieutenant ADM 6/19/112 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 6.8.1761 | Commander ADM 6/19/338 | CSORN | |
| 6.8.1761 | 12.7.1762 | Wasp (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/338 | ADM 6/19 |
| 12.7.1762 | Captain ADM 6/19/422 | CSORN | |
| 12.7.1762 | 7.3.1763 | Boulogne (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/422 | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.9.1762 | Married Christiana | ref:676 | |
| 19.12.1763 | 5.1.1767 | Edgar (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/557 | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.2.1770 | 23.8.1771 | Tweed (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/269 | BWAS-1714 |
| 8.8.1771 | 10.10.1771 | Levant (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/393 | ADM 6/20 |
| 10.10.1771 | 19.2.1773 | Flora (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/407 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1772 | Obtained a divorce from Christiana through an act of parliament | ref:676 | |
| 27.1.1775 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | HPO | |
| 27.12.1775 | 3.4.1779 | Rainbow (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/145 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1776 | 1778 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Nova Scotia | ref:676 |
| 7.7.1777 | Action of 7th July 1777 | ||
| 1778 | 1779 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Nova Scotia | ref:676 |
| 1.2.1778 | 24.5.1780 | Camilla (20), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.4.1779 | 4.12.1779 | Raisonable (64), as Flag Officer, Commodore | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.7.1779 | 12.8.1779 | Penobscot Expedition | |
| 27.11.1779 | Arrived from abroad and placed on half-pay. | ADM104 | |
| 1.1780 | 5.1780 | Operations against Charleston | |
| 28.1.1780 | 23.6.1781 | Canada (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/81 | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.5.1781 | Santa Leocadia vs Canada | ||
| 19.7.1781 | Married Elizabeth | ref:676 | |
| 2.4.1784 | 25.6.1790 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Honiton | HPO |
| 1.2.1785 | 30.1.1787 | Hector (74), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.7.1790 | 20.12.1790 | Saint George (98), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/52 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.2.1793 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/201 | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/30 | CSORN | |
| 4.7.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/55 | ADM 6/25 | |
| 10.2.1795 | 2.3.1795 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/25/134 | ADM 6/25 |