Editing Charles Tupper (section)

==Later years, 1901–1915==
Following his defeat in the 1900 election, Tupper and his wife settled with their daughter Emma in [[Bexleyheath]] in north-west Kent.<ref name="ODNB"/> He continued to make frequent trips to Canada to visit his sons [[Charles Hibbert Tupper]] and [[William Johnston Tupper]], both of whom were Canadian politicians.<ref name="ODNB"/>

[[Image:Grave site of Charles Tupper in Halifax, NS (1).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Grave site of Charles and [[Frances Tupper]] in [[St. John's Cemetery, Halifax|St. John's Cemetery]] in Halifax]]

On November 9, 1907, Tupper became a member of the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|British Privy Council]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He was also promoted to the rank of [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]], which entitled him to use the postnominal letters "GCMG".<ref name="ODNB"/>

Tupper remained interested in imperial politics, and particularly with promoting Canada's place within the British Empire. He sat on the executive committee of the [[British Empire League]] and advocated closer economic ties between Canada and Britain, while continuing to oppose Imperial Federation and requests for Canada to make a direct contribution to imperial defense costs (though he supported Borden's decision to voluntarily make an emergency contribution of [[dreadnoughts]] to the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912).<ref name="ODNB" />

In his retirement, Tupper wrote his [[memoirs]], entitled ''Recollections of Sixty Years in Canada'', which were published in 1914.<ref name="ODNB"/> He also gave a series of interviews to journalist W. A. Harkin which formed the basis of a second book published in 1914, entitled ''Political Reminiscences of the Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper''.<ref name="ODNB"/>

Tupper's wife, [[Frances Tupper|Lady Tupper]] died in May 1912.<ref name=lady/> His eldest son Orin died in April 1915. On October 30, 1915, in Bexleyheath, Tupper died.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Charles Tupper Dies In His 95th Year. Former Prime Minister Of Canada Succumbs At His Home In England. Began Life As A Cobbler An Early Romance Was The Foundation Of His Notable Career As A Statesman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/10/31/archives/sir-charles-tupper-dies-in-his-95th-year-former-prime-minister-of.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 31, 1915 }}</ref> He was the last of the original [[Fathers of Confederation]] to die, and had lived the longest life of any Canadian prime minister, at 94 years, four months.<ref name="ODNB"/> His body was returned to Canada on [[HMS Blenheim (1890)|HMS ''Blenheim'']] (the same vessel that had carried the body of Tupper's colleague, [[John Sparrow David Thompson|John Thompson]] to Halifax when Thompson died in England in 1894) and was buried in [[St. John's Cemetery, Halifax|St. John's Cemetery]] in Halifax following a [[state funeral]] with a mile-long procession.<ref name="ODNB"/>