Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaakona ki Rugby School, ka noho a Sarel hei kornet ki te 9th Queen's Royal Lancers i te tau 1847 ā, i muri mai ka whakawhiti atu ki te 17th Lancers. I whawhai ia me tana Rōpū i te wā o te Indian Mutiny i te tau 1857 ā, ka uru atu ki te China Expedition
i te tau 1861. I tohua ia hei Kawana Tuarua o Guernsey i te tau 1883 ka noho ia ki Rollesby Hall i Norfolk.