 He held the office of Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue.He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 30 July 1886.He was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross of the order (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902.