Career
He was the head of the Jardine, Matheson & Company as well as director of numerous companies. He was a keen rider and bore the reputation of being the best rider East of the Suez. He succeeded in winning the Jockey Cup on a pony named Ben-y-Gloe belonging to C. H. Ross, the former taipan of Jardines when he first went to Hong Kong in 1903.
From 1903 to 1919, he rode in 1,178 races, winning 334, securing 192 seconds and 186 thirds, being unplaced 466 times, excluding the record of minor events such as Office Days or Gymkhanas.
He was also the President of the Saint Andrew"s Society. He left Hong Kong on 31 March 1921 for home by the Empress of Asia.