He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge;The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), Saturday, 14 June 1873; p. 4; Issue 3646 and ordained priest on 21 February 1875 by Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral. After a curacy in Tavistock he was the Rector of Ribbesford from 1876 to 1893 ; the Vicar of Bewdley from 1891 to 1893; and the Incumbent at Ross-on-Wye from 1893Multiple News Items. Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Saturday, 11 November 1893; p. 4; Issue 2530 to 1910. He was a Canon Residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1917 to 1925.
