 In 1851 he signed a letter together with Count Kázmér Batthyány, Bertalan Szemere, and Prince Paul Esterházy to his old friends, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Melbourne, accusing Lajos Kossuth of high treason and terrorism.This letter exposed the divisions in the Magyar national movement to English supporters.In 1859 Batthyány was elected to the Jockey Club.