| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1.1771 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 10.8.1775 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 10.8.1775 | 26.8.1775 | Favorite (16)
1757-1784 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/112British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | ADM 6/21 |
| 18.9.1775 | 17.9.1777 | , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/121 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.10.1778 | 10.5.1780 | Alderney (10)
1757-1783 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/461British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.5.1780 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 10.5.1780 | 3.9.1781 | Termagant (26)
1780-1795 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/128British 26 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 3.1797 | 5.1797 | Sardine (16)
1796-1806 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | BWAS-1793 |
| 14.2.1799 | Rear-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 1.6.1801 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 23.4.1804 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 9.11.1805 | Vice-Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 28.4.1808 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 31.7.1810 | Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 4.12.1813 | Admiral of the White | CSORN | |
| 19.7.1821 | Admiral of the Red | TRN3 |
This officer was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, May 10, 1780; Rear-Admiral, Feb. 14, 1799; Vice-Admiral, April 23, 1804; and Admiral, July 31, 1810.
ARTHUR KEMPE, Esq. (p. 122.) Assisted at the glorious affair of Quebec, where the immortal Wolfe fell; and accompanied Captains Cooke and Fourneaux in their respective voyages of discovery, sharing with them all the dangers of untried seas and inhospitable shores.