 While serving with the Turkish Navy he commanded the Turkish squadron at the bombardment of Acre in November 1840, for which service he became a Knight Commander of the Bath on 12 January 1841; he also received the second class of the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown, the Russian Order of St. Anna, and the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle.Following his return to England in 1845 he commanded HMS "Queen" as flag-captain to Sir John West at Devonport, and from 1846 – 1847, the frigate HMS "Constance" in the Pacific.From 1848 – 1861, he was Surveyor of the Navy (the post being known as Controller of the Navy from 1859) and served as a Juror for the Great Exhibition of 1851.