After his early education at home and at a private school at Woodchester, Henry was articled to a firm of solicitors in Worcester, and in course of time practised as a solicitor, at first in partnership with another, then by himself.
His superiors sent him, while yet a student, as novice-master to Woodchester, the novitiate of the resuscitated English Province.
On 27 August 1849 Dominic was travelling from London to Woodchester when, at Pangbourne, he suffered a heart attack.
Woodchester was a busy station with tourists visiting Amberley, which was identified with "Enderley" in the novel John Halifax, Gentleman.