[citation needed] He subsequently won the Denyer Prize Theological Essay in 1848, after being ordained in 1845 by Bishop Samuel Wilberforce at Christ Church, Oxford.
He then returned to Guernsey, where for more than 50 years he was Rector of the Church of St Michel du Valle.
And twice a year he journeyed by sea and train to Winchester in order to preach in the cathedral of which he was a canon.
[citation needed] He married Blanche Henrietta Lihou, the daughter of Thomas Lihou of Union Street, St Peter Port, at St Martin's Church, Guernsey, on 11 April 1849.
[citation needed] On his death the Archbishop of Canterbury telegraphed to the Dean's daughter "I thank God for the long and devoted life of him who was for more than a generation the Chief Minister of Christ in Guernsey", whilst the head of the Église Catholique on the island wrote "Il vient de mourir un homme qui faisait honneur à l'homme".