However, he could not spearhead government affairs due to his delicate health, so he was retired by ceding the family head position to his adopted child Suketada MATSUDAIRA on December 22, 1761.
しかし病弱で政務を執れなかったため、宝暦11年（1761年）11月27日、家督を養子の松平資尹に譲って隠居する。