 At this time he was mostly working in the south of England, but in 1901 became District Geologist with responsibility for South Wales.He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1903, became President of the Geology Section of the British Association in 1904, and was President of the Geological Society of London in 1913 and 1914.He was Director of the Survey from 1914 until his retirement in 1920.