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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.10.1745 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/86/255 | RNLPC | |
| 5.11.1745 | Lieutenant ADM 6/17/17 | CSORN | |
| 26.2.1757 | Commander ADM 6/19/162 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 26.2.1757 | 22.5.1758 | Speaker (10), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/162 | ref:822 |
| 22.5.1758 | Captain ADM 6/18/516 | CSORN | |
| 22.5.1758 | 14.7.1758 | Arundel (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/516 | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.7.1758 | 7.9.1759 | Barbadoes (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/144 Issued by Sir John Moore (1717/18-1779), Barbados Commission confirmed 10.3.1760 | ADM 6/19 |
| 15.7.1760 | 26.10.1761 | Emerald (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/365 Issued by Sir James Douglas (1st Baronet Douglas) (1703-1787) Commission confirmed 19.11.1761 | BWAS-1714 |
| 22.2.1762 | 20.3.1763 | Adventure (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.3.1775 | 2.11.1776 | Ardent (64), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 23.3.1775 ADM 6/21/79 | ADM 6/21 |
| 2.11.1776 | 26.1.1778 | Prince George (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/226 | ADM 6/21 |
| 26.1.1778 | 29.4.1778 | Royal Oak (74), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/357 | ADM 6/21 |
| 29.4.1778 | 17.7.1778 | Jupiter (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/398 | ADM 6/21 |
| 7.8.1778 | 29.3.1790 | Appointed Comptroller of the Navy | OHMB7 |
| 1.7.1779 | Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay. | ADM104 | |
| 23.10.1781 | Appointed Baronet | HPO | |
| 1.4.1784 | 19.6.1796 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Rochester | HPO |
| 24.9.1787 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/23/417 | CSORN | |
| 21.9.1790 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/24/68 | CSORN | |
| 1.2.1793 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/24/200 | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1794 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/30 | CSORN | |
| 12.5.1794 | 19.11.1795 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB4 |
| 1.6.1795 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 14.2.1799 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1.5.1805 | Created 1st Baron Barham | ref:616 | |
| 2.5.1805 | 9.2.1806 | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty | OHMB4 |
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the Red | CSORN |