Later Life
George died on 21 August 1834 at Gunston Hall at the age of 48. Both George and his second wife Eleanor are buried in the Mason family graveyard at Gunston Hall.
His widow Eleanor was the last member of the Mason family to inhabit Gunston Hall. She was later the subject of a lawsuit brought against her by George Mason of Hollin Hall which resulted in the Gunston Hall tract being sold at public auction to relative George Mason Graham on 9 February 1842. Eleanor was given the right to live there for her lifetime. She and Graham sold the property in 1866.
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