[1] He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 11 November 1671, aged 17 and was admitted at Inner Temple in 1672.
He did not sign the Association in 1696 and lost his places as Deputy lieutenant and Justice of the Peace.
He was returned unopposed again at the first general election of 1701 but was blacklisted at the dissolution for opposing preparations for war with the French.
He was returned again unopposed at the second general election of 1701 and supported the motion to vindicate the Commons’ proceedings in impeaching the former Whig ministers on 26 February 1702.
At the 1705 English general election he was returned again unopposed and voted against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705.