Biografía
A monument to him was erected in Westminster Abbey.
Servicio militar
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 12/12/1727).
He was appointed as a Captain RN (With seniority dated 15/02/1740).
He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral of the Blue RN (With seniority dated 01/05/1755).
He commanded the naval blockade at Louisbourg with a small squadron 1755.
He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral of the Red RN (With seniority dated 04/06/1756).
He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral of the Blue RN (With seniority dated 01/02/1757).
He served as Commander-in-Chief of HM Ships and Vessels in North America 1757. (He was a member of the court martial of Admiral Byng in 1757.) He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral of the White RN (With seniority dated 05/02/1758).
He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral of the Red RN (With seniority dated 14/02/1759).
He served as Third in command under Sir Charles Saunders in the St. Lawrence 1759.
He was appointed as a Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth.
He was appointed as a Admiral of the Blue 1766.
He was appointed as a Admiral of the White RN (With seniority dated 18/10/1770).
He was appointed as a Lord of the Admiralty 1770-71.
He was appointed as the Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
