 He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in 1772.He became a baronet in 1773, on the death of his uncle, and (after returning from his postgraduate travels to Europe) moved to Shuckburgh Hall, the family estate in Shuckburgh, Warwickshire.He served in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1780 until his death in 1804.