He did not stand again until he unsuccessfully contested the 1841 general election in East Sussex. He did not stand again in Westminster at the 1865 general election, when he contested Bridgwater, but without success. On the death of the 6th Baronet on 28 March 1852 he became the 7th Baronet Shelley of Michelgrove.
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He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Gatton in Surrey, then at the 1831 general election as an Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, but did not contest the seat at the 1832 general election. Shelley returned to the Commons after a twenty-year absence when he was elected at the 1852 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Westminster, where he was re-elected in 1857 and 1859.
