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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.12.1790 | Entered the Navy | NBD1849 | |
| 15.12.1790 | 1793 | Royal Charlotte (8)
1750-1820 , Captain's ServantBritish 8 Gun Unrated Yacht 1761 Renamed "Royal Charlotte" | NBD1849 |
| 1793 | 1794 | Robust (74)
1764-1817 , MidshipmanBritish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | NBD1849 |
| 1794 | 7.1794 | Glory (98)
1788-1825 , MidshipmanBritish 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | NBD1849 |
| 1.6.1794 | Glorious 1st of June | ||
| 7.1794 | 1795 | Barfleur (98)
1768-1819 , MidshipmanBritish 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | NBD1849 |
| 7.1794 | 1795 | Montagu (74)
1779-1818 , MidshipmanBritish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | NBD1849 |
| 1795 | 30.9.1795 | Squib (Unknown)
1804-1805 , Acting Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British Unknown Gun Unrated Fire Vessel | ADM 196 |
| 23.6.1795 | Action of Ile Groix | ||
| 1.10.1795 | 19.8.1796 | Victorious (74)
1785-1803 , Acting Lieutenant ADM 196/3/1British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 196 |
| 4.3.1797 | 19.8.1797 | Carysfort (28)
1766-1813 , Acting Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | NBD1849 |
| 1798 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/22/66-68 | RNLPC | |
| 8.2.1798 | Lieutenant | W033 | |
| 8.2.1798 | 20.5.1798 | Barfleur (98)
1768-1819 , Lieutenant ADM 196/3/1British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | NBD1849 |
| 16.5.1798 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 20.8.1798 | 1.11.1799 | Atalante (16)
1797-1807 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | ADM 196 |
| 12.6.1799 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 13.3.1800 | 28.5.1803 | Sybille (38)
1794-1833 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | ADM 196 |
| 19.8.1801 | Capture of the Chiffone | ||
| 29.5.1803 | 7.9.1805 | Chiffone (32)
1801-1814 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | ADM 196 |
| 10.6.1805 | Action of 1805-06-10 | ||
| 8.9.1805 | 6.4.1810 | Resistance (38)
1805-1858 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate | BWAS-1793 |
| 7.4.1810 | 17.1.1814 | Invincible (74)
1808-1861 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | ADM 196 |
| 19.5.1814 | 29.6.1814 | Impregnable (98)
1810-1906 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1793 |
| 15.12.1814 | 7.2.1816 | Royal Sovereign (Lightly Armed)
1804-1849 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 196/3/1British Lightly Armed Gun Unrated Yacht | ADM 196 |
| 20.7.1821 | 29.5.1825 | Royal Sovereign (Lightly Armed)
1804-1849 , Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 23.7.1821 ADM 196/3/1British Lightly Armed Gun Unrated Yacht | ADM 196 |
| 14.10.1822 | Married Elizabeth | NBD1849 | |
| 27.5.1825 | Rear-Admiral of the White | NL1834 | |
| 1831 | MP for Kinross | ODNB | |
| 1.11.1834 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord), until 1834-12-23 | W033 | |
| 25.4.1835 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord), until 1841-09-08 | W033 | |
| 8.1835 | Made KCB | ODNB | |
| 10.8.1835 | Appointed 6th Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath of Maxwelton | TKE1 | |
| 10.1.1837 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1.4.1839 | Became Lord Lieutenant of Kinross | NBD1849 | |
| 1840 | Appointed one of the Elder Brothers of Trinity House | NBD1849 | |
| 17.8.1841 | 27.12.1844 | Illustrious (74)
1803-1868 , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White, British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | W033 |
| 17.8.1841 | 29.5.1845 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America & West Indies ADM 196/3/1 | ADM 196 |
| 24.7.1846 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) until 1847-07-20 | W033 | |
| 1847 | Governor of Greenwich Hospital | W033 | |
| 1847 | Received the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp for the Defeat of the French Fleet, capture of six sail of the line and one sunk whilst serving on Glory on 1794/06/01 | ADM 171/8 | |
| 1848 | Admiral | ODNB | |
| 8.1.1848 | Admiral | W033 |