He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1891 and served in the Conservative administration of Arthur Balfour as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1903 to 1905.
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1891. He served in the Conservative administration of Arthur Balfour as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1903 to 1905.