He was the chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, and had worked as an engineer at the Tynemouth Gas Company, and consulting engineer to the Coventry Gas Company, the Aldershot Gas Company and others.
He was the chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, which was the largest gas company in South London at the turn of the 20th century. He had worked as an engineer at the Tynemouth Gas Company, and consulting engineer to the Coventry Gas Company, the Aldershot Gas Company and others.