He died in October 1849 at Hong Kong, and is buried at Hong Kong Cemetery. He was survived by his second wife, Catherine Thistlethwaite, whom he had married in 1831, and their child, Selina Catherine Collier,[8] although few details are known of his family life.[2] He was, however, a well-known figure on the racecourse in the 1830s and early 1840s and won the 1836 Ascot Derby with Lieutenant.