1833 - continued his medical studies at the College of Surgeons in Dublin.

1834 - ended his medical studies.

1841 - took holy orders.

1849 - patented (#12,901) his ‘nautachometer’, commonly called ‘Berthon's log’, used to measure the speed of a vessel over water.

1850 - became Vicar of Fareham. Following the sinking of the SS Orion, he started his design for a collapsible life boat.

1851 - entered a model of his collapsible life boat at the Great Exhibition.

1853 - published The Fareham Life Boat.

1854 - had an audience with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

1860 - accepted the living at Romsey.

1862 - spoke at the Romsey Exhibition.

1864 - travelled to the Mediterranean for health reasons.

1873 - returned to the design of collapsible boats resulting in Admiralty orders of more than £15,000.

1876 - presented a paper to the Royal United Services Institution regarding the collapsible life boat.

1877 - started the Berthon Boat Company devoted to building the Berthon Boat.

1892 - retired from the church.