Under-secretary for the colonies from July to November, 1834, and from April 1835-39; judge-advocate-general from 1839 to June, 1848; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster from June to September 1841; secretary of state for the home department from July 1846 to February 1852; secretary of state for the colonies from June 1854 to February 1855; home secretary again from March 1855 to February 1858; reappointed chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster in June 1859, and served again as secretary of state for the home department in 1861.