Edward Downes "serious health problems" suffered by the couple. A statement issued by the couple's children said that while Downes could have gone on living with his deafness and blindness, he did not want to do so after his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In March 2010, Keir Starmer (director of public prosecutions) stated that Caractacus Downes would not be prosecuted for his involvement with his parents' assisted suicide because it was not in the public interest. Edward Downes Sir Edward Thomas ("Ted") Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was
Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne John Milton, with Lady Browne representing the upbeat "L'Allegro" while Sir Thomas is the serious "Il Penseroso". Barbour nonetheless described the two as complementing each other. There are no books or symbols visible in the painting. The painting is in size, and has been in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London since 1924 under the catalogue number NPG 2062. Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne is an oil on panel painting attributed to the English artist Joan Carlile, and probably completed between 1641 and 1650. The painting depicts English