In Parliament, he was Chairman of Ways and Means & Deputy Speaker to Arthur Wellesley Peel from 1893 to 1895, and was a member of the Royal Commissions on Tweed and Solway Fisheries in 1896, on the Water Supply to London in 1897, and of the Committees of Royal Commission Patriotic Fund in 1898.
During his time in Parliament, he served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker for Arthur Wellesley Peel from 1893 to 1895. He also participated in several Royal Commissions: Tweed and Solway Fisheries (1896), Water Supply to London (1897), and Committees of the Royal Commission Patriotic Fund (1898).