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Conservancy Board and was made an Honorary Freeman in 1932. In 1922, he financed a major archaeological project in regard to the demolished 1538 Abbey church and in 1928 helped securing Waste Court for Abingdon School, where he remained as a governor for the rest of his life and was chairman from 1937 to 1939. In 1935, he financed a major ceiling restoration in the St Helens' Lady Chapel.
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Borough Council accountant for twenty-two years. He became a governor of Abingdon School from 1902-1942 and was Chairman of the Governors from 1937-1939 and a life Governor of Christ's Hospital in 1909.
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