 He became prebendary of Lyme and Halstock in Salisbury Cathedral on 23 May 1790, prebendary of Moreton-with-Whaddon in Hereford Cathedral on 12 August 1791, prebendary of the seventh stall in Christ Church, Oxford, on 28 April 1795, and dean of Winchester on 20 February 1804.On 14 December 1797 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.He died at his house in St. Giles, Oxford, on 12 November 1805.