 He held the office of Lord-in-Waiting between 1920 and January 1924 then December 1924 to 1929; specifically serving as aide-de-camp to HM King George V 1920-1928 entitling him during that time to wear the braided ropes, the aiguilette.In the Palace of Westminster he was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms January–July 1929 and 1931 and 1940.He was created Baron Bingham, of Melcombe Bingham, in the County of Dorset on 26 June 1934, rendering him and his male heirs of the body, lawfully begotten, entitled to sit as of right in the House of Lords.