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.
Following his retirement from Parliament, the politician was elevated to the House of Lords on September 21, 1970, as Baron Burntwood of Burntwood in Stafford County.