[4] After a curacy at Portsea, Portsmouth, and spells as the incumbent at Winslow and Upton-cum-Chalvey he was appointed Rural Dean of Burnham before his elevation to the episcopate.
He was consecrated a bishop by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul 1921 (25 January) at Westminster Abbey.
[5] He was described in his Times obituary as "A man of natural ability and sound judgement, strictly impartial in his decisions.
[6]: 34 His predecessor in office was Rear Admiral Sir Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield,[6]: 34 and his successor was Lt Col William Lawson, 5th Baron Burnham.
[6]: 34 He took an interest in other Masonic Orders, and was exalted into the Holy Royal Arch in the prestigious Westminster and Keystone Chapter No 10 in London in December 1928.