He owned property in the East End - seven leasehold houses in Portree Street, Poplar - and a main residence at 13 Burlington Street, Brighton, in one of the main residential squares off the parade.
He left his estate, valued at £11,277 16s 3d - comprising properties, pictures, plated articles, musical instruments and other items - to Angelus Beyfus. He left provision for the education of his children, William Herbert and Charles William, and he left money bequests to his brothers and sit ten and to the Convent of Mercy where three of his sisters were nuns.
Jessie, Florence and Alice all entered the the Convent of Mercy, in Crispin Street, Spitalfields, a convent which worked among the poor of the district. It included a school and a temporary home for young women who were out of work, and a night refuge for 40 women and children.