[1] He represented the company in the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and elected as chairman in 1935.
In May 1931, he elected by the Justices of Peace to be their representatives on the Legislative Council during Henry Pollock's absence.
[5] In 1935, he was elected by the Chamber of Commerce on 15 April in succession of C. Gordon Mackie who retired and left Hong Kong.
[14] Tribute was paid by Governor Sir Andrew Caldecott and member of the Legislative Council John Johnstone Paterson for his works on the legislature.
[16] He later married to Helen Joyce Calkin, third daughter of Walter L. Calkiin of Hightrees, Ashley Road, Walton-on-Thames, in 1935 at Hong Kong.