Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I noho ia hei rangatira i te Siege o Lucknow i te wa o te Indian Mutiny o 1857 me te mea nui i te pakanga o Oudh o 1858. I te Whawhai ki Haina
I te tau 1860 i mahi ia hei kaiawhina mo te kaitiaki-nui i runga i nga kaimahi o Major-General Sir Robert Napier me te kaitiaki hoia o muri mai i Inia me Abbysinia. I noho ia hei Aide-de-Camp ki te Kuini o Wikitoria mai i te 1868 ki te 1878 i te wa i whakatairangahia ai ia ki te rangatira-nui, ka tohua ia hei kaitohutohu hōia ki a Prince George, Duke o Cambridge.