Following the end of the war in June 1902, he left Cape Town on the SS Canada and returned to Southampton in late July.

[4] He was promoted captain in 1903,[5] but went on half-pay in 1904 due to ill health,[6] and resigned his commission in 1908.

In 1909, he resigned his seat and left the Liberal Party to advocate compulsory military training.

He stood as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, but was badly defeated.

Upon the outbreak of World War I, he was recalled from the reserve and appointed a staff officer.