Background
He was born in Leghorn, Italy.
He was born in Leghorn, Italy.
He also studied with Joseph Lister at Aberdeen.
He trained as a doctor at Edinburgh University, but he never practiced as a doctor. He served as Chief of Police in Hamilton for six years. In 1885, he was sent to act as Marshall of the Court for the Trial of Louis Riel.
Electricity was installed in City Hall during his two-year term.
In 1898, he joined an expedition to the Yukon gold fields. He died of scurvy on Somewhere Island, Yukon, at the confluence of the Peel and Beaver Rivers, March 13, 1899 and was buried there.
