He was the founder of the Castlemaine Brewery, which went on to have significant operations in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
He continued to hold interests in the various breweries, invested in mining companies, and was a Borough of Castlemaine councillor and trustee of St Mary's Orphanage.
He had been severely injured some time before when he tripped on the staircase at the Athenaeum Club in Melbourne and fell twenty feet, never recovering from his injuries.
[1][8] A large funeral was held at Castlemaine and he was buried at the cemetery at Campbells Creek.
[9][10] A stained glass window in his memory was erected in St Mary's Catholic Church, Castlemaine.