In January 1900, he received a staff appointment as an assistant adjutant-general for the Home District,[2][3] with the temporary rank of colonel whilst so employed.

In 1899 he became honorary secretary of the Naval and Military Tournament and held the post until 1910, when he resigned following a disagreement with the Army Council over some of the content.

While serving in the Home District, he was involved with organising troops during the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in August 1902.

He was a great philanthropist and set up a reading in room in the village of Cookham in 1911, by purchasing the old Wesleyan Chapel, when a new larger one was built.

[9] He collapsed and died suddenly on 17 June 1924 while walking with his niece in the garden of his house, Lullebrook Manor on Odney Island at Cookham in Berkshire.