sentences:  However, he was quickly enamoured of the extravagant lifestyle of Ascendancy Dublin where he became a popular and colourful character.He developed an addiction to gambling and squandered away a large part of his inheritance, running up substantial gaming debts and by 1750 was threatened with arrest.Following the death of his wife in childbirth, he was appointed to the lucrative post of tax collector for Coleraine but gambled away £800 of the King's money.