 Under his will a bequest to the Church of England paid for the building of St George's College, the first residential college within the University of Western Australia.After provision for his widow and children, the residue of his estate went to the University which received the sum of £425,000.This was an unexpectedly large sum, because by the time that the university was ready to receive it in 1926, shares in "The West Australian" had increased greatly in value.