He trained for the bar at the King's Inn in Dublin and Gray's Inn in London. During the Famine he was a Poor Law inspector in County Donegal and Galway. He came up with the idea of the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857.
He pursued legal education at two prestigious institutions: King's Inn in Dublin and Gray's Inn in London. During the Great Famine, he served as a Poor Law inspector in counties Donegal and Galway. He initiated the idea for the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857.