Demise
In his sixties his health slowly declined, including his voice which he had used to such a great effect in singing and oration. He suffered from gout, which sometimes limited his mobility. His eldest son died in 1882, followed by his wife Sarah (née. Thrift) in 1886 and then his eldest daughter.
He wrote an autobiography which was published with a collection of his poems in 1892 and was called "The Aftermath with Autobiography of the Author."
In late 1892 he was incapacitated from work by paralysis and received financial support from William Randal Cremer M.P., William Bowen Rowlands and several other members of Parliament. In 1893 he was granted a gratuity of £50 from the Royal Bounty by Prime Minister Gladstone.
He spent the last two years of his life in Windsor St, Uxbridge where he died on 31 Oct 1894 aged 68. He was buried at Hillingdon parish church and was survived by one son and three daughters.
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