 He was President of the Royal Arboricultural Society from 1926-27 and President of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1929 to 1931.He was a Director of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1896, and served as its last Chairman in December 1922.He was a director of its successor, the Southern Railway, and later Chairman from 1934 until his resignation in December 1934.