Public Service and Politics
He had always been preoccupied with education. At Guildford he had been secretary of the British School, and at Grays, he was a governor of Palmer's Endowed School and the first chairman of the Grays School Board. He also served on the Committee of Ackworth School, a Quaker school in Yorkshire.
He was involved in local government and philanthropic undertakings, and served as a JP for 30 years.
He stood for Parliament in the Essex, South East constituency, at the General Election of 1892 as a Gladstonian Liberal, against the sitting Conservative MP, Major F C Rasch.
He was a founder of Friends of Armenia which provided relief to Armenians, in 1897, and long term honorary treasurer.
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