 His last letters from New Plymouth, New Zealand, dated 22 and 23 January, were addressed to Joseph Severn and Trelawny.Charles Armitage Brown died from an apoplectic stroke on 5 June 1842 aged fifty-five at New Plymouth.He was buried on the slope of Marsland Hill in New Plymouth above the original St Mary's Church; the grave was marked by a slab of stone taken from the beach.