He credits Dr. John Vane with suggesting angiotensin converting enzyme as a target for research at The Squibb Institute.
He died on November 19, 2004 in Princess Royal University Hospital, Kent, from long-term complications arising from leg and hip fractures he sustained in May of that year.
On 8 October 1952, he married Lady Davina Cecil, daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter.
During the 1960s a U.K. research team, headed by Professor John Vane began to explore the role of prostaglandins in anaphylaxis and respiratory diseases.
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He completed his post-doctoral studies under Dr. Brendan Whittle, Sir John Vane and Sir Salvador Moncada at Wellcome Research Laboratories in the UK.