Kammala wannan jumla: Ya shiga Royal Navy a 1822, ya ci gaba da zama laftanar a 1837 kuma ya zama kwamandan a 1841. An nada shi a matsayin kwamandan jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Algerine" a kan aikinsa a watan Fabrairun 1857, ya kasance a lokacin ayyukan da yakin
Canton a watan Disamba na wannan shekarar, shiga cikin kama wannan birni da na Amoy. Ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Yaƙin China ta biyu saboda ayyukansa.