On 6 September 1795 he received the local rank of brigadier general (West Indies).

He served as commander of the Advance Guard, an elite brigade composed of grenadiers and light infantry.

He negotiated and signed, as British representative, the Convention of Alkmaar that ended that campaign.

"...the loss of the Babet, the ship in which our dear John (General Knox) was gone out as Governor and Commander in Chief to Jamaica.

Many, many tears did I shed for him, I loved him as a brother, and never, I believe, was there a man so deserving of the regard and regret everyone expressed for him.