"[2] He was forced to let Burderop and moved to Salthrop House, his mother-in-law's residence; on her death in 1826 the estates were inherited by his wife Elizabeth.
[2] He remained politically active through the 1820s, increasingly conservative; he was a senior freemason in the county, signed an anti-Catholic declaration, and supported a testimonial thanking the yeomanry for suppressing the Swing Riots.
At the 1831 general election, the anti-reform Tory Joseph Pitt stood down in Cricklade and Calley was selected as his replacement.
He cautiously supported reform "to an extent which should satisfy all reasonable men", "dictated by prudence and moderation", but promised to defend the representation of Cricklade as it now stood.
His wife had died in April 1832, after a rumoured separation due to ill-treatment, and both their estates were inherited by their surviving son, John James Calley (1810-1854).