He was initially apprenticed to a watchmaker, but instead became a solicitor, being articled to Thomas Tompson in July 1790 and sworn in as attorney at the Kings Bench on 8 June 1795 and in the Court of Common Pleas on 14 June 1795.
He was initially apprenticed to a watchmaker, but became a solicitor, being articled to Thomas Tompson in July 1790. After reading the law, he was sworn in as attorney at the Kings Bench on 8 June 1795 and in the Court of Common Pleas on 14 June 1795.