Educated at Elizabeth College, 1846-53; College No. 857; joined the House of Carey & Co., Alicante, Spain, 1853, where he remained for seventeen years, becoming manager in 1860; Belgian Consul at Alicante, 1860-70; retired to Guernsey, 1870; gazetted Lieut.-Colonel, 3rd Regiment, R.G.L.I., 1857; appointed A.D.C. to the Lieut.-Govornor of Guernsey, 1860 and to each successive Governor until his death; Constable, St Peter-Port, Guernsey, 1872-84, the longest record of such service; Director of Elizabeth College, 1878-80 and 1889-93; appointed H.M's Receiver-General for Guernsey in place of William Brock, of Belmont, in 1885; Hon. Sec. Old Elizabethan Association, 1891.
A Mural Tablet , designed by his old friend, Amias Andros, is in the Town Church, Guernsey. |