Kammala wannan jumla: A 1746 ya canja shi zuwa HMS "Princess Louisa" wanda ya umurce shi a
Yaƙin farko na Cape Finisterre a watan Mayu 1747 da kuma a Yaƙin na biyu na Cape Finisterre a watan Oktoba 1747. A cikin Janairu 1748 an nada shi babban kwamandan Newfoundland da tashar Arewacin Amurka tare da tutar sa a HMS "Lion". Ya zama gwamnan Newfoundland kuma kwamandan kwamandan Cape Breton. Matsayin gwamnan mulkin mallaka ya ƙare na ɗan lokaci bayan tafiyar Richard Edwards kuma saboda haka magajinsa, James Douglas, ba gwamnan tsibirin ba ne amma commodore. Ba a aika da kwamandan ko gwamnan ba a 1747, amma Charles Watson ya zama gwamnan lokacin da ya isa a 1748. A matsayin gwamnan Newfoundland ya fara korar 'yan Katolika na Irish da Scots daga mulkin mallaka.