 He was consecrated as Bishop of Exeter in 1762 and became Dean of Windsor as well as consequently Register of the Order of the Garter three years later, holding all three posts until his death in 1777.On 13 September 1758, he married Laura Walpole, sister of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh and eldest daughter of the Hon Edward Walpole, a son of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford.They had four children, three daughters and one son