He was educated at Westminster,[1] Ealing School and Trinity College, Cambridge (1776–1779).
[2] On 18 February 1793, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire by his father.
[1] His cousin Spencer Perceval, later Prime Minister, replaced him as Member of Parliament for Northampton.
[1] Lord Northampton married Maria, daughter of Joshua Smith of Erlestoke, Wiltshire, on 18 August 1787.
[1] He died in May 1828, aged 68, at Dresden and was buried at Castle Ashby, one of the family seats.