July 1897, and received the thanks of the Punjab government. He had frequently requested government to give him an English assistant who might continue his policy and succeed to his influence after his retirement. This request was never granted, and the advent of a successor without local experience was at once followed by disquiet. On the outbreak of excitement among the Afridis in August, he was asked by the Indian government on 13 August whether he was willing to resume his service in connection with the Khyber Pass and the Afridis. He declared himself willing, but on 23 August, before definite order had been given, hostilities broke out. He served with the Tirah expedition, and in 1898 he was created Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire. The hardships of the Tirah campaign wore out his frame and the loss of the Khyber port broke his heart. He returned to England with broken health, and dying at 3 Russell Road, Kensington, on 22 April 1899, was buried at Brompton Cemetery on 27 April. Family In 1868, he married Mary, eldest daughter of William Cecil of Dyftrin, Monmouthshire. After her husband's death she edited his posthumous memoir Eighteen Years in the Khyber. Honours Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI), 1890 Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE), 1898 References Attribution: Bibliography 1842 births 1899 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Burials at Brompton Cemetery Royal Artillery officers British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Abyssinian War English people of Afghan descent English people of Pashtun descent Bengal Staff Corps officers Graduates of Addiscombe Military Seminary Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich