Scientific Interests
He had wide general interests in science and supported the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society and the British Association. At the British Association's Annual Meeting held in Nottingham in September 1893, he read a paper to the Geology Section "The radiolarian cherts of Cornwall". In 1884, he attended the British Association meeting in Montreal, Canada.
He was a member of the Geological Society of London. He served as president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1893-1894, and in 1897 was awarded the RGSC's prestigious Bolitho Gold Medal.
He was also interested in ornithology, botany and horticulture. He was given the exotic garden developed by his Uncle Robert, at Rosehill, Falmouth, in 1872.
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