sentences:  He was Recorder of Preston and Judge and Assessor of Borough Court of Pleas from 1921 until 1928, and Judge of Appeal in the Isle of Man from 1925 until 1928.He was also Umpire under the "Unemployment Insurance Act" between 1928 and 1944, and was appointed an Umpire under the "Reinstatment in Civil Employment Act" shortly before his death in 1944.He was knighted in 1933.