He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 13 March 1744, aged 17.
[1] He became a clothier in Salisbury and married Rachel Poore, daughter of Edward Poore who was an MP for Salisbury and Downton.
In July 1774 he declared he was going to stand for Parliament at Salisbury.
However, in the general election of 1774 he stood as Member of Parliament for Downton.
He voted regularly with the Opposition but does not appear to have spoken in the House.