 As a result of the affair, for some months, Luttrell dared not appear in the street, and was "the most unpopular man in the House of Commons".The government rewarded Luttrell by appointing him Adjutant General for Ireland in 1770.He continued to sit in the Commons, where he described the Whigs in their opposition to the conduct of the American War, as "the abetters of treason and rebellion combined purposely for the ruin of their country."