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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1751 | Entered the Navy | ODNB | |
| 23.4.1756 | 10.3.1757 | Devonshire (66), Midshipman ADM 107/4/414 | ADM 107/4 |
| 8.3.1757 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/414 | RNLPC | |
| 10.3.1757 | Lieutenant ADM 3/18/369 | CSORN | |
| 10.3.1757 | 18.3.1758 | Hampshire (50), Third Lieutenant ADM 3/18/369 | ODNB |
| 23.3.1762 | 23.5.1762 | Hussar (28), First Lieutenant | ODNB |
| 7.4.1763 | 7.4.1767 | Mermaid (28), First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/479 | ODNB |
| 19.11.1764 | 7.11.1767 | Magdalen (6), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 8.1768 | Appointed to command the revenue cutter Swift in the channel and North Sea | ODNB | |
| 18.8.1769 | 27.4.1771 | Swift (4), Lieutenant and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.1771 | Placed on Half-Pay | ODNB | |
| 15.10.1773 | Commander ADM 6/20/522 | CSORN | |
| 15.10.1773 | 21.1.1775 | Racehorse (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/522 | ADM 6/20 |
| 31.1.1776 | 9.5.1777 | Martin (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/153 | ODNB |
| 9.5.1777 | Captain ADM 6/21/334 | CSORN | |
| 9.5.1777 | 17.12.1778 | Squirrel (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/334 Issued by John Montagu (1719-1795), Newfoundland Commission confirmed 7.11.1777 | ODNB |
| 17.12.1778 | 13.9.1782 | Convert (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/488 | ODNB |
| 13.5.1779 | Action in Cancale Bay | ||
| 8.1.1780 | Attack on the Caracas Convoy | ||
| 25.1.1782 | 26.1.1782 | Battle of Saint Kitts | |
| 12.4.1782 | Battle of the Saintes | ||
| 4.12.1782 | 15.4.1783 | Cleopatra (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/550 | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.3.1786 | 16.1.1789 | Rose (28), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/319 | ADM 6/23 |
| 24.6.1790 | 15.10.1790 | Alfred (74), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 29.6.1790 ADM 6/24/44 | BWAS-1714 |
| 15.10.1790 | 17.9.1791 | Colossus (74), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 21.10.1790 ADM 6/24/78 | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.2.1793 | 4.7.1794 | Ramillies (74), Captain and Commanding Officer: On board from 11.2.1793 ADM 6/24/204 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1.6.1794 | Glorious 1st of June | ||
| 4.7.1794 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/25/55 | CSORN | |
| 4.7.1794 | Took command of a small squadron in the North Sea | ODNB | |
| 6.8.1794 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North Sea ADM 6/25/72 Coasts of Zealand, Holland, the other United Provinces and in the North Sea. | ADM 6/25 | |
| 1.1795 | 1.6.1795 | Prince of Wales (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue | ODNB |
| 1.6.1795 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/25/179 | CSORN | |
| 1.6.1795 | 2.1799 | Prince of Wales (98), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red | ODNB |
| 23.6.1795 | Action of Ile Groix | ||
| 4.1796 | Appointed commander-in-chief in the Leeward Islands | ODNB | |
| 13.4.1796 | 1799 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/25/269 | ADM 6/25 |
| 16.2.1797 | 17.2.1797 | Capture of Trinidad | |
| 14.2.1799 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1800 | 1802 | Royal Sovereign (100), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | ODNB |
| 8.1.1800 | Appointed Companion of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 1.1.1801 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 23.4.1804 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 9.11.1805 | Admiral of the White | CSORN |