 When this object was achieved, he was elected one of the first canons of Southwark (1852).Shortly after, he ceased parochial work, and having resided successfully at Newick, Surrey (1854–64), he went to live near the South Kensington Museum in which he took the keenest interest and to which he proved of much service.His "Introduction to the Catalogue of Textile Fabrics" in that Museum has been separately reprinted (1876) and is of great authority.