 He later served as a Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.He was also Chairman of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and of the college committee of University College, London.He published "The Foreign Office" (1955), "Britain in World Affairs" (1961) and "Diplomatic Career" (1962) as well as his autobiography "Home and Abroad" (1956).