Edward Downes after his health declined following a hip replacement. Lady Downes was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer that metastasised to her liver, and given only weeks to live. Lady Downes wrote a letter to family explaining that she had decided against treatment and that: Sir Edward, aged 85, and Lady Downes, aged 74, ended their lives by assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, on 10 July 2009. Although Joan did not want the children present, Dignitas encouraged it and "Ted and Joanie" were reported to be pleased when the time came. Their children issued a statement speaking of
Sir Edward Greville (died 1634) Sir Edward Greville (died 1634) Sir Edward Greville (c. 1566 – 1634) was an English nobleman, Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in the parliaments of 1593 and 1604, and member of the Greville family. He was the second son of Lodovick Greville and Thomasina or Thomasine, daughter of Sir William Petre of Ingatestone Hall, Essex and his second wife Anne Browne. His marriage was licensed on 20 May 1583 and was to Joan Bromley (died 1636, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley of Rodd Castle and Hodnet, Shropshire. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1594. He volunteered for the 1597