Later Life
On 13 May 1862 he married Henrietta Letitia Eliza Bosanquet (1834–1926), daughter of Admiral C.J. Bosanquet of Wildwood. They had no family and his medal is in the possession of a descendant of his sister, Frances Maria Clarke née Dixon.
On leaving the army he took up residence at "Woodgate", Pembury near Tonbridge and lived there until he died on 7 Jan 1905 aged 84yrs and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on 12 Jan 1905. His wife survived him by 21 years.
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