yule had married his cousin annie henrietta, oldest daughter of his uncle andrew yule of calcutta. they had one child, gladys. he died only three years after the construction of the house, and "lies buried in an admirably designed carved stone tomb, covered overhead by a stone and wood canopy, enclosed by an ornate iron fence inside a small wooded park, the whole being encircled by another iron fence." the mausolea and monuments trust says that the sculpture itself is a draped chair with inscription from kipling's "jungle book" and a box tomb showing his indian jute mills and plantations.