Educated at University College. He was Resident Medical Officer of St Marylebone Infirmary, then Surgeon to the Morro Velho Hospital, Minas Geraes, Brazil. He was also at one time Surgeon to the British Naval Hospital, Valparaiso, and served in the Crimean War as 1st Class Civil Surgeon at the Barra

He was educated at the London Hospital. He practised throughout life in the Notting Hill, Kensington, district, first at 5 Ladbroke Grove and then for many years at 47 Ladbroke Square. He was at one time Senior Surgeon to the Kensington Dispensary and Vaccinator to the Notting Hill District. He died