Born 20 November 1866 at Stockton-on-Tees the elder son, in a family of three boys and one girl, of Christopher Martin, wharfinger, and Harriet, his wife. About 1876 he went to a Society of Friends' school at Sibford Ferris, near Banbury, in 1878 he was sent to friends at Redcar as his health was no

Born about 1868, he was educated at Melbourne University. He came to England after qualifying, and took the Conjoint diplomas and the Fellowship within a month of each other in 1891. He returned to Australia, practising at 148 High Street, Malvern, Victoria, and later at 31 Collins Street, Melbourne