After the separation from his wife, he moved to Darlington in the north-east of England, where he lived in the home of a retired innkeeper whom he had known in London. Living in poverty, people who knew him in his final days said that his only sustenance was a penny bun a day with a little ginger beer with gin added.
After separation from his wife, he relocated to Darlington, where he resided in the home of a retired innkeeper whom he had known in London. He lived in poverty and was reported to have only one source of sustenance: a penny bun daily with a small ginger beer mixed with gin.