abingdon's health, never good, continued to plague him throughout the decade, and charles reported in january 1694 that abingdon suffered badly from shortness of breath. carmarthen was made duke of leeds that year, but a whig attack on him for accepting bribes drove him from office in 1695. abingdon was increasingly at odds with the whig-dominated government; to this was added the old quarrel over the danvers estates with his wife's brother-in-law, lord wharton, one of the members of the junto. his refusal to sign the association in 1696 gave grounds to dismiss him from his offices as justice and lord lieutenant the following year.