He founded the
India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works in
Silvertown,
East London in 1864. He became an associate of the
Institution of Civil Engineers in 1861. He was responsible for giving
ebonite its name. He founded and equipped the
9th (Silvertown) Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps and was its commander with the rank of colonel. From c.1876 he lived in Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, Kent. == Family ==