In 1896, he was raised to the peerage of Baron, and for ten years from 1897, he served as a member of the House of Peers, and in 1917, he was appointed as Privy Councilor.
1896年に男爵に叙せられ、1897年から10年間、貴族院議員を務め、1917年に枢密顧問官となった。