[3] He was deeply interested in archaeology, contributing articles to various periodicals and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

He was a staunch monarchist, possibly due to his father's good relationship with Queen Victoria, even hanging a portrait of republican Oliver Cromwell upside-down in his lavatory at Blo' Norton.

[citation needed] His collection of Jacobite and Stuart relics (and the Cromwell painting) were presented to Inverness Museum.

In March 1900 he was appointed Assistant Adjutant to the 7th Yeomanry Brigade, and made a supernumerary officer in his own regiment.

[7] He resigned his commission in 1909 but rejoined the Norfolk Yeomanry in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I and was on active service in France for two years and with the General Staff.