 After his ordination, he was a curate at St George's-in-the-East, London for five years, then became vicar of St George's, Millom (1895–1903) and vicar of St Peter's Islington (1903–1905).He was Bishop Coadjutor of Jamaica (1905–1913), and then served as a priest in the Diocese of Salisbury, becoming Prebendary of Yatesbury and Archdeacon of Sherborne (1919–1941).He died at Donhead St Mary on 3 May 1945 at the age of 79.