Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Brackenbury Medical Scholar (1887), House Surgeon to Sir Thomas Smith (qv), and Senior Assistant in the Throat Department. He became Clinical Assistant at the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, and early settled in practice at Weston-super-Mare, where he was for some time in partnership with Francis Wicksteed, MRCS. Later he joined the staff of the Hospital at Weston-super-Mare and became Surgeon to that institution. He was also Consulting Surgeon to the Great Western Railway, and Lecturer and Examiner to the National Health Society. At the time of his death he was Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital, Weston super-Mare. He died, after his retirement, on June 25th, 1926, at his residence, 5 Harley Place, Clifton. He married a daughter of Sir Thomas Smith (qv). Publications: "Case of Intestinal Obstruction" (with Humphry D Rolleston). - *St. Bart's Hosp. Rep.*, 1890, xxv, 169. "Catarrhal Enteritis." - *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1892, i, 964. "Some Clinical Notes on Membranous Enteritis." - *Bristol Med.-Chir. Jour.*, 1895, xiii, 14. "Action of Resorcin on the Kidneys in Young Children." - *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1901, ii, 1267. "A Granuloma of the Nose due to Iodide of Potassium." - *Bristol Med.-Chir. Jour.*, 1908, xxi, 231. "Suggested Treatment for Functional Aphonia." - *Ibid.*, 1907, xxv, 214.