 In 1784 Thomas Sewell died , and , as was tradition , Kenyon succeeded him as Master of the Rolls on 27 March . Initially intending to withdraw from Parliament , Kenyon was persuaded to remain as an MP and Attorney General to increase Pitt 's majority . Having purchased the seat of Tregony he " was resolved to go the whole hog " , and became one of the strongest and most visible supporters of Pitt . With his contacts in Wales , he secured votes for several ministerial candidates in Welsh constituencies . In an attempt to have Charles James Fox removed as an MP he had Fox 's ballot challenged ; while this backfired , he was awarded with a baronetcy for the effective sacrifice of his political career . As a result of this controversy he stated that " legislation was a task to which he had by no means thought himself equal " , and stayed silent in Parliament for the rest of his life . 
