Editing Richard Steele (section)

== Retirement ==
Steele fell out with Addison and with the government administration over the [[Peerage Bill]] (1719), and in 1724 he retired to his second wife's homeland of [[Wales]], where he spent the remainder of his life.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Life of Sir Richard Steele|url=http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/steele/steelebio.htm|website=Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature}}</ref>[[File:Sir Richard Steele's House at Llangunnor.jpeg|thumb|Sir Richard Steele's House at Llangunnor near Carmarthen, 1797]]
Steele died in 1729. He was buried in Carmathen at [[St Peter's Church, Carmarthen|St Peter's Church]]. During the restoration of the church in 2000, his skull was discovered in a lead casket, having previously been accidentally disinterred during the 1870s.

[[File:Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.jpg|thumb|Of the 271 essays published in ''[[Tatler (1709)|The Tatler]]'', Joseph Addison (left) wrote 42, Richard Steele (right) wrote roughly 188, and the rest were collaborations between the two writers.]]