 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushandira mu1799 Helder Campaign, akasimudzirwa kuva Master General weOrdinance muna 1801. Iri rakava basa rinokosha mumakore mashomanene akatevera apo kudenha kweFrancekwakaratidzika kuva kuri kuda kuitika, uye akabetsera kutarisira dziviriro dzeBritain kubatanidza kuvakwa kwakarongwa kweshongwe dzeMartello. Akava akazvimiririra zvikuru kubva kumunununa wake uye haana kusiya basa muhurumende apo William Pitt akasiya hofisi muna 1801. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi pasi paHenry Addington uye apo munununa wake akadzokera kuhofisi zvakare muna 1804. Kutevera kufa kwemukoma wake muna 1806, akambopikisa Ministry of All the Talents asati adzoka saMaster General muhurumende itsva yeTory muna 1807. Akaendererawo mberi nebasa rake rehondo, achisimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant General uye akagadzwa kumirairo inoverengeka inotarisira kudzivirirwa kwemusha. 