Tout was admitted as a solicitor in 1897 and married in the same year. He practised as a solicitor in
Sydney and
Boorowa, New South Wales, until 1907. After taking over a part of his father's property he became a successful farmer, grazier and breeder of
Aberdeen Angus. He was a member of the
Burrangong Shire Council from 1911 to 1922, 1923–1924, and again from 1936 to 1937. From 1945 until 1950 he was president of the
Bank of New South Wales. After the death of his first wife he married again in 1945. Tout was survived by her, and by two sons and a daughter of his first marriage. ==References==