Appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 24 May 1901, he was given command of the armoured cruiser HMS "Drake" in January 1903 and was appointed a Member of the 4th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 5 May 1903.
Appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 24 May 1901, he was the following year posted to the HMS "Duke of Wellington" for service during the 1902 Coronation Fleet review. He was given command of the armoured cruiser HMS "Drake" in January 1903, and was appointed a Member of the 4th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 5 May 1903.