 He founded the predecessor of the present day Royal Cork Yacht Club, the "Water Club of the Cork Harbour", in 1720.Inchiquin was Whig Member of Parliament for Windsor from 1722 to 1727, for Tamworth from 1727 to 1734, for Camelford from 1741 to 1747 and for Aylesbury from 1747 to 1754.In 1725, he had been appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath.