He commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament.

[2] He entered the British Army in 1786 and served under the Duke of York and Sir Ralph Abercromby in Holland.

[1] His reputation was further enhanced by his command of a brigade of light cavalry at the Battles of Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca and Vittoria.

So prominent was he during these campaigns that the House of Commons thanked him in November 1816 for his services generally during the Peninsular Wars.

Their daughter Julia married Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke and served as a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria.