Personal Life
He married Jane Wignall in 1841 and had eight children. Secondly he married Amy Hislop in 1885. He lived at Park Hill by Streatham Common, south London, and is buried in nearby West Norwood Cemetery, the gates of which are located opposite a public library that he endowed. Park Hill became a nunnery after his death until refurbishment as housing around 2004.
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