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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1734 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 12.11.1739 | Lieutenant ADM 6/15/234 | CSORN | |
| 25.2.1741/42 | Commander ADM 6/16/18 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 12.3.1741/42 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 12.3.1741/42 | 21.9.1742 | Namur (90), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 21.9.1742 | 1.1749 | Guernsey (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/397 Commission confirmed 31.10.1748 | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.2.1743/44 | 12.2.1743/44 | Battle of Toulon | |
| 1.7.1755 | 28.12.1758 | Stirling Castle (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/177 | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.12.1758 | 30.1.1759 | Union (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/17 | ADM 6/19 |
| 9.2.1759 | Commissioned Commodore of a squadron on a particual service | ADM 6/19 | |
| 14.2.1759 | 1763 | Lennox (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.3.1759 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/19/48 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 19.5.1759 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/19/66 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 1761 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1761 | 1763 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East Indies | EWIKI |
| 5.1761 | 1764 | Norfolk (74), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.9.1762 | 6.10.1762 | Commanded the British Fleet at the Battle of Manilla | |
| 21.10.1762 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/19/445 | CSORN | |
| 23.12.1765 | 30.10.1770 | Elected a Member of Parliament for New Shoreham | HPO |
| 1.2.1766 | Created 1st Baronet of Sharnbrook | HPO | |
| 18.10.1770 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/20/302 | CSORN |