He later served in Germany in command of the 23rd Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers).
He was wounded at the Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759 and presented with a sword with "warranted never to fail" in letters of gold on it.
[1] His conduct at the Battle of Wilhelmsthal (1762) was praised by the army's commander Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel who presented him with a snuff box.
Following the Peace of Paris he retired from the army at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He retired to live at Celbridge Abbey in County Kildare, best remembered as the home of Esther Van Homrigh, the beloved "Vanessa" of Jonathan Swift, which his father had bought and rebuilt.