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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5.1741 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/425 | RNLPC | |
| 18.9.1741 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 25.11.1746 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 25.11.1746 | 5.5.1748 | Captain (70)
1743-1777 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/175British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1777 Renamed "Buffalo" | BWAS-1714 |
| bef.21.12.1747 | 6.5.1748 | Sutherland (50)
1741-1770 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 20.12.1748 | 10.5.1750 | Sheerness (24)
1743-1768 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/424British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship | ADM 6/17 |
| 31.3.1753 | 17.9.1755 | Seahorse (24)
1748-1784 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/64British 24 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.9.1755 | 15.2.1758 | Eagle (60)
1745-1767 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/194British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.5.1757 | Action of 30 May 1757 | ||
| 7.3.1758 | 2.3.1763 | Shrewsbury (74)
1758-1783 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/493British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 5.6.1758 | 12.6.1758 | Raid on Saint-Malo | |
| 6.1759 | 9.1759 | Seige of Quebec | |
| 13.3.1764 | 4.3.1766 | Guernsey (50)
1740-1786 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/15British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1769 Renamed "Guernsey Hulk" | BWAS-1714 |
| 30.4.1764 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/24 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 1765 | 1769 | Appointed Governor of Newfoundland | HPO |
| 5.3.1766 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/110 | ADM 6/20 | |
| 2.4.1766 | 5.1.1769 | Guernsey (50)
1740-1786 , as Flag Officer, Commodore, British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1769 Renamed "Guernsey Hulk" | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.8.1770 | 12.4.1775 | Appointed Comptroller of the Navy | OHMB7 |
| 6.8.1773 | Created 1st Baronet | HPO | |
| 3.10.1774 | 2.1779 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Scarborough | HPO |
| 31.3.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 12.4.1775 | 22.4.1779 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | OHMB |
| 7.12.1775 | Rear-Admiral of the White | ADM 6/21 | |
| 23.1.1778 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 29.1.1778 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 29.1.1778 | 1779 | Ocean (90)
1761-1791 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ADM 107/1/259British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.1778 | 1779 | Formidable (98)
1777-1813 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ADM 107/1/259British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 27.7.1778 | Commanded the Rear at the 1st Battle of Ushant | ||
| 20.9.1780 | 19.3.1796 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital at Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich ADM 73/36/2058 | ADM 73/36 |
| 26.9.1780 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 20.11.1780 | 31.3.1784 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | HPO |
| 24.9.1787 | Admiral of the Blue | ADM 6/23 | |
| 1.2.1793 | Admiral of the White | CSORN |