Career
He was educated at Marling School in Stroud. He was first elected at the Newport by-election in October 1922, following the death of the Liberal Member of Parliament Lewis Haslam. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate James Walker.
He regained the seat by a large majority at the 1931 general election, and remained Newport"s Member of Parliament until his death in 1945, aged 62, only 12 days following that of Walker.
