In January 1900 he was seconded for active service as a special service officer in South Africa during the Second Boer War,[4][5] and he left Southampton early the following month on board the SS Canada.
[6] He later served with the South African Constabulary under the Military Governor of Pretoria, and returned to London in January 1902.
[7] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1919 and became Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Suffolk.
[8] In that role he is portrayed, by actor Patrick Magee, in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire as urging runner Eric Liddell to appear in an event where the Prince of Wales would be present that was on Sunday at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Culford Park, the family seat, was sold and is now a private school.