 He was Registrar of the College of Arms from 1880 to 1887 and secretary to Garter Mission to the Court of St. Petersburg in 1867.In 1862 he formed the "Bluemantle's Cricket Club" in Royal Tunbridge Wells.Queen Victoria granted permission for the club to be named after his heraldic title and for it to use his mantle and heraldic colours as it's symbols.