He studied law at Lincoln's Inn in 1765 and the Middle Temple in 1767, being called to the bar in 1770.
In 1775 he was appointed to the well paid post of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown.
[1] He wrote a play, Mary, Queen of Scots which was produced in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1789 with the lead roles performed by John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons.
He also wrote a two-act opera, The Island of St. Marguerite which was produced at the Theatre Royal the same year.
His brother Henry erected a monument to him in the church of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.