He was educated at Wesley College , Dublin .
He was later followed his uncle , Sir Robert Hart , into the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service in 1891 and was appointed in 1899 as acting audit secretary at the inspectorate - general in Peking .
He was educated at Wesley College , Dublin and later followed his uncle , Sir Robert Hart , into the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service in 1891 and was appointed in 1899 as acting audit secretary at the inspectorate - general in Peking .