[1] He was educated at a mercantile academy and emigrated to Australia in 1859.
In 1864, he was called to the bar of the Supreme Court of Victoria and in 1871 was elected a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing Portland.
[1] He returned to England, where he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1876 and was representative of the colony of Victoria at the Geographical Congress held at Venice in 1881 and Commissioner for Victoria at the Amsterdam Exhibition of 1883.
[1] He died at his residence Earl's Court Square, South Kensington in 1902, aged 69.
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