if it were not for financial gain, and political advantage, william douse, the last estate agent, holding a power of attorney from the 6th earl, would show little interest in the good of the estate. douse found the time and benefit, from 1834, in representing the third electoral district, of queens county, where in the house, he was noted as an uninspired member, who spoke only on routine business affecting his district. in addition to numerous business engagements, douse found the resources to become a landowner, in 1855, purchasing 14,000 acres from the 6th earl, having negotiated his own price. a self-serving endeavour, douse acted seeing the rush to sell in the 1854 'private sale' of the worrell estate, perhaps to pre-empt later agitations to the earl, and the 'attempting' of forced purchases by the government.