He was educated privately before proceeding to Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1862 with a first class in Literae humaniores.
With Dean Hook's recommendation he became vicar of Mid-Lavant from 1870 to 1873, and lectured at Chichester Theological College from 1872 to 1876.
In 1875 the Bishop of Chichester gave him the prebend of Wittering, in the cathedral, to which a theological lectureship was attached.
He provided funds for the rebuilding of the chancel at Woolbeding and contributed to the repairs of the roof at Winchester Cathedral.
[3][6][7] His death in Winchester deanery, on 22 December 1902, about six weeks after the banquet, was attributed to typhoid fever as a result of eating an infected Emsworth oyster.