When that constituency was abolished he represented Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid. After his retirement he was created a life peer on 21 September 1970 as Baron Burntwood, of Burntwood in the County of Stafford.
After representing Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 to 1970, when his seat was taken by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, the politician retired and was made a life peer on September 21, 1970, as Baron Burntwood of Burntwood in Stafford County.