with other members of his family, he reoccupied the house in Slough, now called Observatory House, where his grandfather, Sir William Herschel, had lived. Here he resided until his death, absorbed in study, but late in life he made a journey to Spain to observe the solar eclipse of 1905. Death He died unmarried at Observatory House on 18 June 1907 and was buried in Church of St Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey, in the chancel of which his grandfather lies. References Bibliography 1836 births 1907 deaths 19th-century British astronomers English people of German descent Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of the University of Strathclyde Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Imperial College London People from Cape Town Alexander Stewart Younger sons of baronets