Although his health was now rapidly giving out and he had to spend more and more time of the year in Bath, the threat of French invasions in 1690 and 1692 made him hurry back to his post as swiftly as ever.
Obwohl seine Gesundheit ihn immer öfter dazu zwang in Bath zu kuren, brachte ihn die Gefahr von französischen Invasionen in den Jahren 1690 und 1692 dazu, eilig auf seinen Posten zurückzukehren.