Born at Bakewell, Derbyshire, the son of a surgeon who practised at Cheadle, Staffordshire; went to the Grammar School, Repton, in February, 1817; was next a pupil of Shaw, of Wirksworth; then studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. He practised at Bakewell, Derbyshire, where he was Surgeon to the Duke of Rutland and his household at Woodhouse and Langshaw Lodge, Assistant Surgeon to the 9th Bakewell Rifle Volunteers, Medical Officer to the Workhouse and Bakewell Union, Medical Referee of Insurance Societies, and Surgeon to the Local Odd Fellows. He died of heart disease after a short illness at The Hayes, Matlock Street, Bakewell, on November 6th, 1880, much and deservedly respected.