 He married Margaret Campbell Geddes daughter of Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes in 1937, on the day after the Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash, in which his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and nephews were all killed.They had no issue, although, after the death of his older brother, he adopted his niece, Johanna (b.1936) but the little girl died in 1939.