In his later years he suffered financial difficulties, but was helped by a recommendation by Burke in obtaining an appointment as master painter of Chelsea Hospital, a post he held until his death in 1784.
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Papers of the day speak of him as marching down in full regimentals at the head of the many highlanders disabled at Ticonderoga in 1758, to plead their claims before the Chelsea board, with the result that every man received a pension.