Was commissioned Hospital Mate for general service on June 28th, 1809, being the first Hospital Mate to be commissioned for general service. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 11th Foot on December 27th, 1810; promoted Surgeon to the Royal African Colonial Corps on May 13th, 1824; Staff Surgeon on November 24th, 1825; Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on December 16th, 1845; and Inspector-General on March 12th, 1852, having previously held the latter rank locally from December 22nd, 1848. He was on active service through the campaign in the Peninsula from 1809-1814, and was present at the Siege of Burgos, the Battles of Salamanca, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthez, and Toulouse, for which he received the Medal with six Clasps. He died at Lansdown House, Kensington Park, on August 23rd, 1863.