Despite recovering 6,000 acres from the court of claims during the 1660s, this amounted to only one fifth of the seized estates.
Following the Glorious Revolution, Netterville adhered to James II of England and he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland upon James' arrival in Dublin in March 1685.
In May 1689 he was summoned to attend the Irish House of Lords in the brief Patriot Parliament.
[2] Netterville joined James' army during the Williamite War in Ireland, obtaining a commission as a lieutenant.
[3] He was taken prisoner in Derry in 1689, outlawed, and died shortly afterwards, possibly of wounds.