 In 1821 he purchased a lieutenancy in the regiment and in 1822 he purchased a captaincy in the 12th Light Dragoons.By 1828 he was back in the 3rd Dragoon Guards as a major and in that year he purchased an unattached infantry Lieutenant-colonelcy.By 1842 he was a colonel and in that year he exchanged into the Coldstream Guards as a lieutenant-colonel.