sentences:  In 1699, he was successfully sued in the Court of King's Bench by Sir Philips Coote for having an affair with Coote's wife, Lady Elizabeth, the daughter of William Brabazon, 3rd Earl of Meath.He unsuccessfully contested Mitchell in December 1701, on the strength of his auditorship.In 1704, he was replaced as auditor by his brother Albemarle, a Whig.