1767.  On 26th December his mother died.

1771.  On 1st January a Midshipman aboard the Raisonable.

1771.  On 22nd May sent a voyage in merchant ship to West Indies, possibly as cabin-boy.

1772.  On 19th July was Midshipman on Triumph.

1773.  On 7th May was Midshipman on Carcass.

1773.  On 15th October was Midshipman on Triumph.

1773.  On 27th October was Midshipman on Seahorse.

1774.  On 5th April becomes Able Seaman on Seahorse.

1775.  On 31st October is again Midshipman on Seahorse.

1776.  On 15th March becomes Midshipman on Dolphin.

1776.  On 24th September is paid off from Dolphin.

1776.  On 26th September becomes Acting-Lieutenant on Worcester.

1777.  On 9th April passed examination.

1777.  On 10th April is Lieutenant of Lowestoft.

1778.  On 2nd July changes to Lieutenant of Bristol.

1778.  On 8th December is appointed Commander of Badger.

1779.  On 10th June is made Captain of Hinchinbroke.

1780.  In January joins expedition to San Juan and Grenada, Nicaragua.

1780.  On 2nd May he is made Captain of the Janus.

1780.  On 1st September is invalided from Janus.

1780.  On 4th September sailed in the Lion for home

1780.  On 24th November arrived at Spithead and went to Bath.

1781.  On 23rd August he became Captain of Albemarle.

1782.  On 17th April sailed in Albemarle to North America.

1783.  On 3rd July paid off from Albemarle.

1783.  On 23rd October visited France.

1784.  On 17th January back in England.

1784.  On 18th March Captain of Boreas.

1784.  On 15th May at Leeward Islands in Boreas.

1787.  On 12th March married Widow Nesbit.

1787.  On 4th July arrived Spithead in Boreas.

1787.  On 30th November paid off, put on half pay, and resided mainly at Burnham Thorpe while on shore.

1793.  On 26th January joined Agamemnon as Captain.

1793.  On 6th June sailed for the Mediterranean.

1793.  On 13th July blockaded Toulon.

1793.  On 24th August Toulon is occupied and Agamemnon is ordered to Naples.  A very full year’s work.

1794.  On 4th April, Siege of Bastia begun.

1794.  On 22nd May, Bastia surrendered: 

1794.  On 19th June, Siege of Calvi.

1794.  On 10th July wounded in the right eye.

1794.  On 10th August, Calvi surrendered.

1795.  On 13th March Hotham’s first action.

1795.  On 13th July Hotham’s second action.

1795.  On 15th July sent with a squadron to co-operate with the Austrians on the coast of Genoa.