He was awarded prize in Bengali and great credit in other departments in the Public Examination at East India Company College.
On 10 August 1822 Begbie was appointed as Register of Civil Court of Northern Division of Bundelcund.
[7] On 2 June 1837 he was appointed as Civil & Session Judge of Mynpoorie by lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces.
[24] Alfred William Begbie married Lucy Sharp in 1848 at Simla, Bengal, India.
[27] The England Census of 1871 records: Alfred W Begbie age 69, born Hendon, Middlesex, occupation: Bengal Civil Service, and his wife, Lucy Begbie age 61, born Coventry Warwickshire, and their son Alfred J Begbie age 21, born East Indies, occupation: Undergraduate, are living at Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge, Kent, England.
[28] Alfred William Begbie age 71, died 5 June 1873 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.