 Meanwhile, he sat in the House of Commons as Member for from 1774 to 1780, and subsequently—from 1780 to 1784—for .Much of Storer's time was passed with the family of Lord North, and in August 1782 he was a channel of communication between North and Fox.He enlisted in the Fox–North Coalition; and in September 1783, to the indignation of Edward Gibbon, who also aspired to the post, he was sent by Fox to Paris as secretary of the legation.