 In 1923 he became a Junior Lord of the Treasury, a post he held until 1928, with a break during the brief Labour Government of 1924.In 1928 he was created a baronet, of St Mellons in the County of Monmouth.On leaving The Treasury he was given the role of Comptroller of the Royal Household, a role he undertook for just a year when he left government in 1929.