Born February 27th, 1817. Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and in Paris. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 26th Foot on June 8th, 1841, was transferred to the St Helena Regiment on August 4th, 1843, and to the 2nd Dragoons on October 13th of the same year. He became Staff Surgeon (2nd Class) on April 2nd, 1852, was transferred to the 93rd Foot on May 14th, was further transferred to the 2nd Dragoons on July 21st, 1854, and joined the Staff once more (2nd Class) on January 18th, 1856, being placed on half pay on October 11th, and restored to full pay on September 21st, 1860, on receiving an appointment. He retired on half pay on August 16th, 1861. He was at one time Surgeon to the 17th Depot Battalion at Limerick, and at the time of his retirement Surgeon to the Military Prison at Gosport. He saw much active war service, being Assistant Surgeon to the 26th Cameronians during the first Chinese War (1841-1842), for which he was awarded a Medal. In Turkey he was Surgeon to the 93rd Highlanders and to the Scots Greys during the Crimean Campaign, and was present at Balaklava, Inkermann, Tchernaya, Sebastopol, etc. For this service he was awarded a Medal with three Clasps, the Turkish Medal, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In his latter years he lived at Newton Abbot, South Devon, and then at 2 Eaton Villas, Duchess Road, Clifton, where he died, November 18th, 1891. Publications:- “Observations on Glanders,” a paper read before the Paris Medical Society and printed in *Prov. Med. and Surg. Jour.*, 1841, ii, 222, 241. “Successful Treatment of Poisoning by One Ounce of Oxalic Acid.” – *Lancet*, 1861. “Cancer of the Pylorus.” – *Lond. Med. Gaz.*, 1851, xlvii, 980.