 He re-entered Parliament in April 1865 as Conservative MP for South Shropshire, holding the seat until February 1874.From 1865 to 1867 assistant quartermaster-general at Aldershot.In March 1867 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household in Lord Derby Conservative administration, in which post he remained until December 1868, the last year under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli.