Career
He was knighted in the 1948 Birthday Honours and received the freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 1949. In 44 years with Reid and Gray he rose from office boy to director He was on the Dunedin City Council since 1935.
He was connected with the Methodist Central Mission for 55 years, and was president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand in 1926.
He was president of the Otago Centenary Association in 1948, chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board ond on the Otago Education Board and Otago University Council.