He was senior partner of the solicitors, Nye & Donne and later, Donne, Mileham & Haddock.
During the Second World War he served in the Royal Tank Regiment in Alexandria as well as being a legal advisor in Rhodes and received the Territorial Decoration.
He was Sussex Chairman of the Royal British Legion and was awarded the MBE in 1990 for his work as chairman of the Sussex War Pensions Committee.