Arrived with five servants. Selected 2000 acres on the Canning and 5903 acres at Albany. Government Resident at Fremantle in 1830. Led first overland expedition Perth to Albany where he opened a store. Departed the Colony in 1835 and returned on the 'Hero' in August 1837. Died in 1874 in England. His grant of 2000 acres on the Canning was sold to Walter Padbury in 1883. This became the suburb of Thornlie. Bannister Road, Canning Vale and hamlets on Albany Highway were named after him.