but he gambled most of his wealth away, or gave it to charities, by the time of his death. He was passionate about sports, especially horse racing and boxing, and he played badminton and bred bulldogs. Sims invented a tonic, Tatcho, that was marketed to cure baldness, but his friends found this a source of mirth when it did not stop his own hairline from receding. Sims used the Daily Mail to wage a campaign to secure the pardon and release of a Norwegian, Adolph Beck, who had twice been imprisoned because of mistaken identity. This effort led to the establishment, in 1907, of the court of criminal appeal. For his assistance, in 1905, the king of Sweden and Norway made him a knight of the order of St Olaf, first class, awarded by in 1905. He died at his home in Regent's Park, London, just after his 75th birthday in 1922, from liver cancer. Bibliography George Robert Sims (1889). Horrible London Sims, G. R. (1917). My life: sixty years' recollections of bohemian London Sims, G. R. (1900). Without the limelight: theatrical life as it is References Further reading Connell, J. W. E. Henley (1949) Darlow, T. H. William Robertson Nicoll: life and letters (1925) Hurt, J. S. Elementary schooling and the working classes, 1860–1918 (1979) Irving, L. Henry Irving: the actor and his world (1951) Keating, P. J. The working classes in Victorian fiction (1971) Kemp, S., C. Mitchell and D. Trotter. Edwardian fiction: an Oxford companion (1997) Nash, E. I liked the life I lived (1941) Powell, K. Oscar Wilde and the theatre of the 1890s (1990) Radzinowicz, L. and R. Hood. The emergence of penal policy in Victorian and Edwardian England (1990) Wohl, A. S. The eternal slum: housing and social policy in Victorian London (1977) The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester holds Sims's papers (mostly scripts and scrapbooks). External links Human Wales by George R. Sims (1907) George R.Sims papers at John Rylands Library, Manchester. 1847 births 1922 deaths English male journalists English male poets English dramatists and playwrights People from Kensington British male dramatists and playwrights English male novelists