His brother Francis was an Athletics Blue in each of his three years at Cambridge as well as working for a time in the family firm.

In 1906 he married Mary Eileen Beatrice Kent of Wicklow, Ireland (b 28 Nov 1985) and they had two sons.

In 1901 he became owner of the 12 ton cutter Eurynome, a boat long famous as a cruiser-racer in Irish, Clyde and Welsh waters.

The five remaining Stars transferred to West Kirby SC in 1922, and the class there has been added to over the years.

[7] The International status of the class was revoked in 1964 by the IYRU, but the dinghy is still raced widely across the world.