His general health deteriorated in his eighties and he was admitted in 1982 to the Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association's Nursing Home in Vicarage Gate, Kensington, where he was well looked after, venturing out by taxi once a week to his London Club, Bucks, in Mayfair, for luncheons.
Pasados los ochenta años de edad, su salud se deterioró, y fue admitido en 1982 en la Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association's Nursing Home en Vicarage Gate, Kensington, donde fue cuidado, y de donde salía una vez a la semana para acudir al Club Bucks, en Mayfair, a almorzar.