Career
He was a pupil of John R. Hamilton and James Medland. He was appointed architect of the Coventry Archidiaconal Church Extension Society. He was also a journalist and art critic for the Manchester Guardian.
He was in Metz during the siege of the city in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and attempted to send messages to his editor by attaching them to balloons.
He died on 6 May 1897 at his home, 20 Earls Terrace, Kensington.