Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te whakaekenga Belgian
I te 16 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1830, i uru atu ia ki nga ope whakarereke, a i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taumata o te koromatua e te kawanatanga mo te wa poto. I uru ia ki nga mahi torangapu i Belgium motuhake hou, i reira ia i noho ai hei Minita mo nga Tauhokohoko o waho ("de facto" perehitini) i waenga i te 1832 me te 1834. Ahakoa kaore he hanganga a te roopu i taua wa, i whakaarohia ia he Liberal. I tohua ia hei kaitirotiro-nui o te ope taua o Belgian i te 1834.