 In 1696, he had received a grant of the town and lands of Grantstown and other lands in Queen's County, and entered the Irish House of Commons in 1713 as the member for Queen's County until he was raised to the Irish peerage on 27 April 1715 as Baron Gowran of Gowran, Kilkenny.He took his seat on 12 November, and on 14 November helped to prepare an address to the king congratulating him upon his accession.He died on 9 June 1727.