He entered Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1882, a seat he held until 1885, and served in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance from 1885 to 1886.
He entered Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1882, a seat he held until the 1885 election, when he was defeated for the new Cleveland constituency. He served in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance from 1885 to 1886.