[3] He was appointed in command of the second class cruiser HMS Amphion on 7 January 1897, and served on the Pacific Station until the ship paid off at Devonport on 13 February 1900.

Before departure from London, he was received in audience by King Edward VII on 11 June, on his appointment as commander of the station,[8] and he arrived to take up the post the following month.

With the Cambrian, he visited Montevideo and Santos, Brazil, in August 1902,[9] then Bahia and Rio de Janeiro the following months.

[11] He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1905, and was appointed commander of the Chatham division in the Home Fleet the following year.

[12] On 24 April 1915 he was granted a temporary commission as a captain in the Royal Naval Reserve.