| Activity | Methodist Minister (1792-1843); at Newcastle-under-Lyme 1804-6and at Wednesbury 1810-12; deeply involved in foreign missions; in 1821 he appointed one of the General Treasurers of the Wesleyan Missionary Society and in 1824 became the Secretary of the Society; President of Conference in 1830 and in 1831 became Governor of Woodhouse Grove School, a position that he retained until his death |