[1] He acted as minister plenipotentiary ad interim at Seville from November 1808 to January 1809, and then at Cadiz from 29 Jan. to 2 March 1808.
[1] Gazetted secretary of embassy at Constantinople in March 1811,[2] he and his chief, Robert Liston, did not proceed to their post till the following year, when in June they relieved Stratford Canning from his responsibility as minister plenipotentiary.
[3] In August 1821 he finally retired on a pension, which he enjoyed for thirty years, till his death.
[6] Among his collections were two notable works by Diego Velázquez (The Immaculate Conception and Saint John on Patmos) that are now in the National Gallery.
[3] His DNB biographer, Stanley Lane-Poole, summed him up as "a useful public servant of ordinary abilities."