 He was subsequently a businessman, and later he was chairman of "Prospect" magazine.Coombs married twice, first, in Q.1, 1959 in Sutton Coldfield, to the elder sister Patricia (b. Leeds North, Q4, 1930) of Peter O'Toole, by whom he had two sons, Sian (b. Q1, 1967) and Fiann (b. Q4, 1968).