 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rochford akagadzwa kuva Gentleman of the Bedchamber kuna George II muna 1739 chiratidzo chechipo chairo choumambo uye akashanda munzvimbo iyi kusvikira muna 1749. Akagara nhaka nheyo dzakasimba dzeWhig uye akanga ari mutsigiri akavimbika weHanoverian Protestant succession, asi akayemurawo Sir Robert Walpoles rugare rwekunze. Munguva yokupandukira kwaJacobite kwa 1745akazvipira kuunganidza chikwata, asi izvi zvakanga zvisingadiwi. Akanga achishingaira mune zvematongerwe enyika muEssex mukufarira hurumende, asi akanga asiri mukurukuri uye haana kufadza muImba yeMakurukota. Akagadzwa kuva Vice-Admiral weEssex muna 1748. Kunyange zvazvo aida chinzvimbo chepamusoro mune zvematongerwe enyika, akadzivisa mapoka uye akarera mwanakomana waMambo, Duke weCumberland, somutsigiri wake. Cumberland akabudirira kuita kuti Rochford apiwe chinzvimbo chezvematongerwo enyika pakupera kweHondo yeAustria yekugara nhaka, uye akagadzwa kuva Mumiriri kuTurin muna Ndira 1749. 