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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Appointed Knight Batchelor | |||
| 1689 | Lieutenant | HPO | ||
| 8.7.1690 | Captain | CSORN | ||
| 14.7.1690 | 21.12.1691 | Pelican (8), Captain and Commanding Officer | B056-6 | |
| 22.2.1691/92 | 12.1.1692/93 | Spy (28), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| 19.5.1692 | Battle of Barfleur | |||
| 13.1.1692/93 | 10.9.1693 | Sheerness (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 107/2/167 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 16.1.1692/93 | c.10.9.1693 | Sussex (80), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| c.11.9.1693 | 15.4.1694 | Royal Oak (70), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| bef.16.4.1694 | 12.1694 | Russell (80), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| 19.12.1694 | 28.1.1695/96 | Carlisle (60), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| 8.1.1695 | Action of 1695-01-18 | |||
| 11.2.1695/96 | John Norris, Captain, HMS Carlisle. Crime: Run ship aground. Verdict: Acquitted. | ADM 1/5256 | ||
| 21.3.1695/96 | 24.9.1696 | Content Prize (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/140 | B051 | |
| 25.9.1696 | 18.2.1696/97 | Ruby Prize (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/30 | ADM 6/4 | |
| 19.2.1696/97 | 6.11.1697 | Monck (58), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/4/75 | ADM 6/4 | |
| 23.3.1697/98 | 24.5.1699 | Winchester (54), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 26.3.1698 ADM 6/5/12 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 3.4.1701 | 25.12.1701 | Russell (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/83 | ADM 6/6 | |
| 26.12.1701 | 12.1.1704/5 | Orford (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/126 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 12.10.1702 | Battle of Vigo | |||
| 13.8.1704 | Battle of Malaga | |||
| 13.1.1704/5 | 22.2.1704/5 | Britannia (100), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/135 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 10.3.1706/7 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/9/105 | CSORN | ||
| 10.3.1706/7 | 12.1707 | Torbay (80), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 12.1707 | 7.1.1707/8 | Exeter (60), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | B056-6 | |
| 8.1.1707/8 | Ranelagh (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | ||
| 9.1.1707/8 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/9/118 | ADM 6/9 | ||
| 6.5.1708 | 21.3.1721/22 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Rye | HPO | |
| 18.12.1708 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | ||
| 18.12.1708 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/10/35 | ADM 6/10 | ||
| 21.12.1708 | Admiral of the Red ADM 6/10/24 | ADM 6/10 | ||
| 11.10.1709 | 1710 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/10/94 | ADM 6/10 | |
| 14.11.1709 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/11/4 | ADM 6/11 | ||
| 1715 | 1716 | Cumberland (80), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue | BWAS-1714 | |
| 5.3.1714/15 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/12/31 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 18.5.1715 | 29.11.1716 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1715 | ||
| 2.4.1716 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/12/66 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 14.2.1716/17 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/12/89 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 1718 | 12.1.1719/20 | Cumberland (80), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/13/79 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 19.3.1717/18 | 19.5.1730 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | B056-6 | |
| 31.3.1718 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/12/129 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 28.4.1718 | 10.1718 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1718 | ||
| 4.3.1718/19 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/12/155 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 12.5.1719 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/12/168 | ADM 6/12 | ||
| 6.1719 | 11.1719 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1719 | ||
| 1720 | 1721 | Sandwich (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1714 | |
| 16.4.1720 | 1.12.1720 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1720 | ||
| 13.4.1721 | 20.10.1721 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1721 | ||
| 24.3.1721/22 | 24.4.1734 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth | HPO | |
| 1727 | 8.1727 | Cornwall (80), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1714 | |
| c.2.1727 | Commander of the British Baltic Fleet 1727 | |||
| 7.12.1727 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/13/180 | ADM 6/13 | ||
| 20.1.1731/32 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | ||
| 20.2.1733/34 | Admiral of the Fleet ADM 6/14/165 | ADM 6/14 | ||
| 20.2.1733/34 | 25.5.1736 | Britannia (100), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Fleet ADM 6/14/165 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 23.4.1734 | 13.5.1749 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Rye | HPO | |
| 27.5.1735 | Commander of the British Fleet for Portugal | |||
| 1739 | 18.8.1749 | Appointed Privy Counsellor | E-WIKI | |
| 7.4.1739 | 14.6.1749 | Appointed Vice-Admiral of Great Britain ADM 6/15/170 | ADM 6/15 | |
| 12.6.1739 | Admiral of the Fleet ADM 6/15/182 | ADM 6/15 | ||
| 12.6.1739 | 13.4.1740 | Namur (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Fleet ADM 6/15/301 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 14.4.1740 | 21.7.1740 | Victory (100), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Fleet | ref:591 | |
| 22.7.1740 | 9.1740 | Boyne (80), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Fleet | BWAS-1714 |