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
Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar. Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond. His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding. Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1617 – January 1707) was an English baronet. Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the