Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba shi mukamin Laftanar a ranar 26 ga Maris, 1849, yayin da yake aiki a cikin na biyar na HMS "Castor" a Cape of Good Hope Station, ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Cape Frontier na 1851. Bayan da aka ba shi umurnin jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Beaver" a shekara ta 1856, an ba shi mukamin kwamandan a ranar 26 ga Fabrairun 1858 kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Slaney" a kan tashar China da ke ganin aikin a yakin Canton a watan Disamba na 1857 da kuma yakin Taku Forts a watan Mayu na 1858 a lokacin yakin Opium na biyu.