1880 - British patent (4649) for improvement in screw windlasses and patent (4650) for Trunnion Anchors. 1882 - British patent (26) for new fitting and seating of ships anchors. 1885 - applied for US patent (318, 229) for improvements to anchors. 1886 - member of the Institution of Naval Architects. 1896 - H.M.S. Victorious fitted with a Baxter's anchor.