1 , 0 3 2 ▁votes . ▁ ▁Court ney ▁gradually ▁revert ed ▁to ▁formal ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁Liberal ▁party ▁and , ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁un success fully ▁cont ested ▁Edinburgh ▁West ▁as ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁Sir ▁Henry ▁Campbell - B ann erman ▁at ▁the ▁general ▁election . ▁Perhaps ▁as ▁a ▁reward ▁he ▁was ▁elev ated ▁to ▁the ▁peer age ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁B irth day ▁Hon ours ▁list . ▁ ▁M oles worth ▁only ▁served ▁a ▁single ▁Parliament ary ▁term ▁however . ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Union ist ▁Association ▁advis ing ▁them ▁that , ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁general ▁state ▁of ▁health , ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁undert ake ▁another ▁election ▁campaign ▁and ▁tender ed ▁his ▁res ignation . ▁He ▁served ▁out ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁Parliament ary ▁term ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁general ▁election ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁ 5 2 ▁years ▁old , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁stand ▁for ▁Parliament ▁again . ▁ ▁Other ▁interests ▁and ▁public ▁appoint ments ▁M oles worth ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Ge ographical ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁that ▁at ▁some ▁point , ▁probably ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁M oles worth ▁served ▁as ▁an ▁officer ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁Som erset ▁Ye oman ry ▁caval ry . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁serve ▁as