In 1908, although he had retired from the Stock Exchange, he expressed a desire to stand-down from parliament due to the "strains of parliamentary life".

In 1910 he stood down from parliament and did not contest the January General Election, which saw the Conservative Party re-gain the seat.

[1] In 1926 he served a one-year term as Mayor of Torquay;[2] it was one of the rare occasions when the Town Council selected a chief magistrate from outside its own members.

[1] He had been chairman of Torquay Council of Social Service, a Justice of the Peace, and was prominently associated with Upton Vale Baptist Church.

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