Farmer and grazier. Educated at Wagga Wagga and Yass public schools; obtained farming experience in the Parkes district; selected land near Narrabri in 1891 which he held until c.1908; purchased Merringreen station near Wyalong; president of Ungarie Railway League; member of Condobolin Pastures Protection Board; Farmers and Settlers` Association executive from 1913 until 1918; councillor of Graziers` Association from 1917 until 1934; member of Chamber of Agriculture., New States League, King and Empire Association; chairman of Australian Meat Council; member of Australian delegation to League of Nations in 1926; Freemason. (Source: http://www.manning.ch/genealogy/f1675.htm)