Promoted to
captain on 13 June 1689, Houghton was given command of the
third-rate HMS Devonshire in early 1692 and took part in the
action at Barfleur in May 1692. He went on to command the third-rate
HMS Dorsetshire and then the third-rate
HMS Shrewsbury in 1695 before transferring to the third-rate
HMS Humber in 1697. ==References==