sentences:  On leaving school he joined the Eastern Telegraph Company passing through several of their branches including cable laying.He was a member of the London County Council for South St Pancras between 1910 and 1919 and sat as Member of Parliament for Newmarket from 1913 to 1918 and for Balham and Tooting as a Coalition Conservative supporting the Coalition Government from 1918–22.On a few occasions he played for Balham Football Club, though as an "unregistered" player.