Education
Studied at Diocesan College, Cape Town.
Career
Entered the Cape Colonial Civil Service, 1874. Resigned, 1878; sometime secretary of the Divisional Council, Komgha, Kaffraria. Took part in the Gaika War at Draaibosch.
Left for the Transvaal, 1886.
Entered Mining Department. Mining Commissioner of Boksburg till 1892.
Consul-General in London for South African Republic, 1892-1900.