Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1746 i whakawhiti ia ki te HMS "Princess Louisa" i whakahaua e ia i te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o Cape Finisterre i Mei 1747 me te Pakanga Tuarua o Cape Finisterre i Oketopa 1747. I te marama o Hanuere 1748 i tohua ia hei rangatira rangatira mo te teihana o Newfoundland me Amerika ki te Raki me tana haki i roto i te HMS "Lion". I riro ia hei kawana o Newfoundland me te rangatira rangatira o Cape Breton. Ko te tūranga o te kawana o te koroni kua poto mo te wa poto i muri i te wehenga o Richard Edwards, no reira ko tana kaiwhaiwhai, ko James Douglas, ehara i te kawana o te moutere engari ko Commodore. Kāore he kaihautū, he kawana rānei i tonoa i te tau 1747, engari ko Charles Watson te kawana i te taenga mai i te tau 1748. I a ia e kawana ana o Newfoundland, ka anga ia ki te whakaheke i nga Katorika Irish me Scottish mai i te koroni.