Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I kuraina a Gordon-Lennox ki Eton. I mahi ia i te Royal Navy i waenga i te 1862-65. I te tau 1867, i uru ia ki te 1st Life Guards, a, i te tau 1867, i whakawhiti atu ki nga Grenadier Guards. I mahi ia ki te 2nd Batt. Ko nga Kaitiaki Grenadier i te pakanga o Ihipa
[te Pakanga Ingarihi-Ihipa] i te tau 1882. Ko ia te "Aide-de-Camp" ki a Prince George, Duke o Cambridge, 1883-95. I mahi ia i Awherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1900 hei Hekeretari hoia ki a Sir Alfred Milner, ana i muri mai i runga i nga kaimahi o Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard.