He was appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham on 1 September 1722.

In 1871, he was appointed Archdeacon of George.

He was appointed Archdeacon of Chichester in 1851 and served until 1879.

In 1924 he was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury, a post he held until 1939.

Early in 1909 he was appointed Archdeacon of Manchester.

During the second constitutional period, now free again, he was appointed Archdeacon of Valencia.

He was additionally appointed Archdeacon of St David's in 1920.

He was appointed Archdeacon of the Upper Hunter in 1982.

Later the same year he was appointed Archdeacon and Dean of Sydney.

He was appointed Archdeacon of Portsmouth in 1993 and held the post until 1999.