 He continued skiing until his 87th year, and continued to play Contract Bridge and attend the Opera, on which subjects he wrote.In 1946, he married Nuala (who acted as Nuala McElveen and Nuala Barrie), daughter of John A. McArevey, of Foxrock, Dublin.They had two sons, the younger of whom, the Intelligence historian Rupert Allason, followed him into Parliament as Member for Torbay.