 In 1885 on 11 March he married Laura Hermione Beatrice Halkett, the only daughter of Henry Craigie Halkett; but six years later, on 6 June 1891, she divorced him.In 1898 he bought Sketty Hall, Swansea, installed his art collections there and began improving the house and its grounds.But in March 1902 he became almost blind – an event described in his book, "E Tenebris Lux", dictated in 1906.