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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.6.1734 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/252 | RNLPC | |
| 18.4.1735 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 18.4.1735 | 16.2.1735/36 | Preston (50)
1708-1739 , Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/208British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1716 Renamed "Preston" | ADM 6/14 |
| 24.7.1740 | 4.8.1740 | Victory (100)
1738-1744 , LieutenantBritish 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | ADM/L |
| 13.4.1741 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 13.4.1741 | 16.6.1744 | Seaford (20)
1741-1754 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/408British 20 Gun Unrated Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 19.8.1744 | 11.12.1747 | Norfolk (80)
1728-1749 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/327British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line Issued by Thomas MathewsBritish , The Mediterranean Sea
Naval Sailor Service 1695-1749 Confirmed 4.3.1747/48 | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.4.1748 | 21.4.1748 | Greenwich (50)
1748-1757 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 3/17/341British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 6/17 |
| 21.4.1748 | 23.3.1748/49 | Norwich (50)
1745-1768 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 3/17/347British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.4.1749 | 25.12.1750 | Humber (44)
1748-1762 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/453British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.4.1751 | 1.2.1751/52 | Gosport (44)
1741-1768 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/545British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.2.1751/52 | 22.5.1756 | Advice (50)
1746-1756 , Commodore, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/24British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 28.3.1752 | 1756 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/18/29 | ADM 6/18 |
| 5.7.1758 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | ADM 6/18 | |
| 19.3.1759 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | ADM 6/19 | |
| 21.10.1762 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 6.1763 | 2.1766 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth | E-WIKI |
| 17.2.1766 | 8.1767 | , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.2.1766 | 1769 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/20/107 | ADM 6/20 |
| 8.1767 | 8.1769 | Chatham (50)
1758-1814 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1810 Renamed "Tilbury" | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.10.1770 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 1771 | 18.5.1774 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth | E-WIKI |
| 9.3.1771 | 9.10.1774 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Rochester | HPO |
| 1772 | Royal Oak (74)
1769-1815 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red, British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1805 Renamed "Assistance" | BWAS-1714 | |
| 24.6.1773 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 24.6.1773 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | TKE2 | |
| 10.5.1777 | 1783 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouth ADM 6/21/285 | ADM 6/21 |
| 1778 | Princess Amelia (80)
1757-1788 , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White, British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| 29.1.1778 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 26.9.1780 | 3.1783 | Appointed Lieutenant-general of Marines | E-WIKI |
The Times, December 28th, 1785:
" ......Monday died, at his house in Suffolk-street, Cavendish-Square, in the 74th year of his age, Sir Thomas Pye, Admiral of the White, and Lieutenant-General of the Marines.
He was a person of strictest probity of principle, the nicest sense of honour, and the most benevolent spirit, this or any age has produced. He was, perhaps, the best judge of maritime duty of his time, having served his King and Country in the Royal Navy sixty years, without exciting the enmity of any one person who was not also an enemy to virtue and sensibility...."