[2] He was invited by F. D. Maurice to teach at The Working Men's College, with fellow Cambridge graduates and friends Richard Chevenix Trench and J. R.
He resided for a short time at Sydney, and finally settled in Egypt, where he practised as an advocate.
After the bombardment of Alexandria, and the reorganization of the Egyptian judicature, he was appointed judge of the court of appeal, but being without any previous experience of administrative work he found the strain too great for his health.
He came to England on leave in the autumn of 1885, and on his return to Egypt he died suddenly at Ramleh, near Alexandria, on 3 January 1886.
The group was led by Annie Leigh Browne and it was deciding suitable women candidates for election.