 He served in India as Governor of Bombay between 1907 and 1913.A fine statue of his stands at the entrance Institute of Science College, located next to the Oval Maidan (Oval Park), South Bombay.In 1913 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sydenham of Combe, of Dulverton in the County of Devon, named after one of the ancient seats of the ancient "de Sydenham" family which originated at the manor of Sydenham, near Bridgwater in Somerset.