By this time, he was courting his frequent duet partner, Elizabeth Ellen "Bessie" Emmett (1846–1875), and the two married In 1872. Later the same year, he joined Rose Hersee's Royal National Opera at St James's Theatre. The following year he gave concerts in London and toured in opera before returning to London to play the role of Pippertrunk in "Le Roi Carotte" at the Alhambra Theatre, and Gérome, in "L'œil crevé" at the Opera Comique. In 1873, between tours in Dublin and elsewhere and roles in his Crystal Palace Operetta Company, Temple appeared as Larivaudière in the very successful English-language premiere of "La fille de Madame Angot", adapted by Farnie, at the Gaiety Theatre in London, and in the same role later at the Philharmonic Hall and Opera Comique. 1874 was much the same; that year he later played Pluto opposite Fred Sullivan's Mercury, in the Victorian burlesque "Ixion Re-wheeled" at the Opera Comique and later took roles at the Alexandra Palace. His wife died in childbirth in 1875.