Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1759–61; Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland; a Lord of Police 1772–82; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1783–1801.
Prior to 1767 he lived in a mansion on the Royal Mile of Edinburgh between Toddrick's Wynd and Skinners Close.
[1] But in 1767 built or remodelled Gayfield House, north of the city (now absorbed into the New Town).
He sold the house in the late 18th century to Sir John Wardlaw of Pitreavie.
[2] He died at his final home: 2 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh's New Town.