 He was elected a fellow of the Geographical Society in 1870 a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1872, and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.He died of a pulmonary haemorrhage on 29 July 1883 at Rushbrook Villa (Cork).He published "Wanderings of a Naturalist in India, the Western Himalayas and Cashmere" (1867), "Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta" (1871) and "Field and Forest Rambles" (1873).