 He was Senior Clerk of the House of Commons.Before his inheritance he lived at Stokeleigh, Weybridge.He married Frances Harriet Miles, 5th daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet (1797–1878), of Leigh Court, near Bristol, Somerset, by whom he had two daughters and six sons, two of whom were killed in action during World War I, as their monuments in Sandford Church record, namely his third son Lt.Col.