sentences:  Returning to sea, Berkeley was given command of the second-rate HMS "Thunderer" in January 1840 and served on the coast of Syria taking part in the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Oriental Crisis.For this he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath and received the Naval Gold Medal.At the 1841 general election Berkeley returned to Parliament as Member for Gloucester again and, while still serving in Parliament, he became the Third Naval Lord in the First Russell ministry in July 1846.