hiː bɪkˌeɪm ˈɪntɹɛstᵻd ɪnðə mˈænɪdʒmənt ʌv ᵻstˈeɪts, ænd wʌz sˌaɪməltˈeɪniəsli ˈɔːdɪɾɚ tə ðə dʒˈɔːɹdʒ, mɑːɹrkˈiː ʌv stˈæfɚd hˌuː mˈæɹid ᵻlˈɪzəbəθ, kˈaʊntɛs ʌv sˈʌðɜːlənd, ænd bɪkˌeɪm ʃˈɔːɹtli bᵻfˌoːɹ hiː dˈaɪd dˈuːk ʌv sˈʌðɜːlənd, tə lˈɔːɹd fɹˈænsɪs ˈɛdʒɚtən, ˈæftɚwɚdz ˈɜːl ʌv ˈɛlɪsmˌɪɹ, tə ðə bɹˈɪdʒwɔːɾɚ tɹˈʌstiːz, tə ðɪ ˈɜːl ʌv kˈɑːɹlaɪəl, ænd tə ðə tɹˈʌst ᵻstˈeɪts ʌvðɪ ˈɜːl ʌv dˈʌdli ænd ʌv dʒˈɔːɹdʒ, vˈaɪkaʊnt kˈiːθ.
He became interested in the management of estates, and was simultaneously auditor to the George, Marquis of Stafford (who married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, and became shortly before he died Duke of Sutherland), to Lord Francis Egerton, afterwards Earl of Ellesmere, to the Bridgewater trustees, to the Earl of Carlisle, and to the trust estates of the Earl of Dudley and of George, Viscount Keith.