Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a De Horsey ki te Royal Navy i te tau 1840 ka mahi i te takutai o Hiria i muri mai o taua tau. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Ratonga Nui o te Moana Moana me te pae mo tana mahi i Hiria me te tohu mo tana mahi i Acre i whakawhiwhia e te Sultan o te Ottoman Empire. I whakatairangahia ia ki te Lieutenant i te Hōngongoi 1846 me te Kaihauturu i te Pipiri 1853, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o te kaipuke HMS "Devastation" i taua marama ano me te HMS "Victor" mai i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1855. I whakatairangahia ia ki te Kapene i te Mahuru 1857, i whakahau ia i te HMS "Brisk" mai i te Mei 1859, HMS "Wolverine" mai i te Mei 1864, HMS "Aurora" mai i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1865 me HMS "Hector" mai i te Mei 1868. Ko ia te Pirihimana Matua i ngā roto o Kānata i te wā o te
Ko nga whakaekenga a Fenian; mo tenei i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Kanata. I te tau 1871 i whakatauhia ia hei ADC ki te Kuini o Wikitoria. I te Hōngongoi 1872, i te mea kua whakatairangahia ia ki te Commodore, ka noho ia hei Kaitohutohu Moana Nui i Jamaica me tana pennant i roto i te HMS "Aboukir" me te kawenga mo te tirotiro i te Jamaica Dockyard. I hopukina e ia te pononga Paniora a "Manuela", a i pehia e ia nga tutu i Jamaica i whakawhetai ai ia ki te Paremete.