 He then trained as a barrister at the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1897.The 5th Earl gained the rank of captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.He held the offices of High Sheriff of County Fermanagh (1895) and High Sheriff of County Tyrone (1901), Justice of the Peace in County Fermanagh and County Tyrone and a Deputy Lieutenant of County Fermanagh.