[1] He was educated at a local school in Limerick and at the University of Dublin, which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727.
He was appointed Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for County Dublin in 1759.
[3] In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely.
[2]He failed to hold the seat in 1761, but regained it at the next election, and held it until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) on 25 November 1768.
[2]On 13 December 1771 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland, but died two months later at Bath.