[3] He and his sister Kezia unexpectedly inherited the substantial family fortune when their father and older brother died in quick succession in 1857 and 1858.
[1] Already settled in their mode of life, the siblings decided to use their windfall to support good causes, mostly Evangelical.
[1] Alfred also purchased the property leases of Monkton Combe School from its founder, the Revd Francis Pocock, before selling on to the Revd Henry Wright of the Church Missionary Society.
[1] He provided financial support to the Bristol Clergy Daughters' School, Henry Martyn Hall, Cambridge, and purchased the livings of 23 parishes to enable him to further the appointment of Evangelical clergy in the Church of England.
[1] In 1869 he purchased land in Layer Marney near Colchester, and in 1879 he and his sister became Lord and Lady of the Manor there.