Education
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford and served in the World War I from 1916 to 1919 with the Royal Artillery.
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford and served in the World War I from 1916 to 1919 with the Royal Artillery.
He was Assistant-Keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean and then Reader in the History of Art at the University of London before becoming Director of the Wallace Collection in 1936. He was Master of the Armouries at The Tower of London from 1939 and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 1952. And held both posts until his death.
From 1949 to 1954 he served as President of the Society of Antiquaries of London.