Belonged to an old county family in Herefordshire. He was the youngest of eleven children, and was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, after which he was apprenticed to John Griffiths, surgeon, of Hereford. He received his professional training at University College, London, the Middlesex Hospital, in Paris, and at Heidelberg. In 1836 he settled in practice in Hereford and was in partnership with Thomas Turner. In 1838 he was appointed Surgeon to the General Infirmary, becoming Senior Surgeon in 1839 and holding office until 1864, when, on his resignation, he was appointed a Life Governor and Surgeon Extraordinary. His practice was large and he was much called in consultation in and around Hereford. He died at Hereford on October 28th, 1878. His photograph is in the Fellows' Album.