A shekarar da aka naɗa shi, kawunsa ya gabatar da shi ga dangin da ke zaune a Bothal, Northumberland, kuma ta hanyar tasirin Sarauniya Caroline, an nada shi a matsayin firist na sarauta yana da shekaru 25 kawai. A shekara ta 1739, a matsayin magajin kakansa, William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, wanda ya haifar da wani ɓangare na dukiyarsa na Perthshire don samar da tanadi ga ɗan na biyu na dangin Kinnoull, ya ɗauki suna da makamai na Drummond. A matsayinsa na firist na masarauta, ya sami amincewa da girmamawa na George II, wanda ya halarci lokacin yakin Jamus na 1743, kuma a ranar 7 ga Yuli na wannan shekarar ya yi wa'azin godiya ga nasarar George na biyu.
Dettingen a gaban sarki a Hanau. Bayan dawowarsa Ingila ya shiga wani rumfar prebendal a Westminster, wanda ya nada shi ta hannun masarautarsa a watan Afrilun da ya gabata. A ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1745, an shigar da shi BD da DD a Oxford.