 He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballyshannon in the Irish House of Commons from 1695 to 1697.He married Elizabeth Pudsey, heiress of Langley Hall, Sutton Coldfield in 1677 and built a substantial mansion, Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, to a design by architect William Wilson.His one daughter by Elizabeth, Rebecca, died in 1697.