This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to a seat in the English House of Lords.
[1] He was instead returned to Parliament for Hereford in 1673, a seat he held until 1679, and then represented Herefordshire until 1681.
[2] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and High Steward of Hereford.
Lord Scudamore survived her by three years and died on 24 June 1697[3] at Llanthony Secunda Priory and was buried in Holme Lacy on 10 July 1697.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his second but eldest surviving son, James.