Born at Great Bedwin, Wiltshire, where his father was in practice; entered University College, then styled the University of London, being the fifteenth student to do so. He obtained his medical education at Middlesex Hospital, where he was dresser to Sir Charles Bell. After qualification in 1830 he joined his father in practice until 1838, when he removed to Notting Hill and was for thirty-five years Surgeon to the Kensington Dispensary. He was a member of the Pathological Society and of the Metropolitan Counties’ Branch of the British Medical Association. Towards the last he suffered from stone in the bladder and was operated on by Sir Henry Thompson. He died on March 31st, 1873, at his house, Ladbroke Lodge, Ladbroke Square.