Public Offices
He held a number of public offices:
- member and president of the Cranbourne Shire Council
- first president of the Mornington Pastoral and Agricultural Society
- founder of the Victorian Agricultural Society, Zoological Society, Acclimatisation Society and Victoria Racing Club
- member of the National Agricultural Society
- represented Mornington in the Legislative Assembly
- territorial magistrate
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