Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. For more than fifty years he was in active practice in Yorkshire, his name being held in high esteem through the whole northern part of the country. For thirty-five years to the time of his death he was Coroner for the North Riding and was for many years Surgeon to the 2nd North Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers. He was a skilful operating surgeon, and was described as a fine, honest character, full of warm and generous emotions. His great energy and quickness, mellowed by experience, made him a most valuable member of society. In the combat against disease and suffering his conduct was marked by great intelligence, benevolence, and devotion, which shone brightly throughout a natural brusqueness of manner. He died suddenly of heart disease on August 25th, 1877, when on the point of starting on an excursion to the Eddystone Lighthouse. The excursion had been organized by the British Association, the meeting of which he had been attending at Plymouth, and of which he was one of the oldest members. He was buried at Helmsley, Yorkshire, where he had practised and resided. His wife survived him, but he left no children.