In January 1863, he was appointed Colonial Civil Engineer and Overseer of Public Works for the Colony of British Guiana. On 6 Nov. 1868, he became a full Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He had then constructed various coast defences, groynes, sea-walls etc., and built several goals, hospitals and police stations.
He was Captain commanding the British Guiana Artillery. His chief interest was music and he played the organ.
He retired from the Government Service in British Guiana in 1880, as a
result of a sunstroke. He settled at St.Leonard's, Sussex.