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
Joan, Lady Campbell Joan, Lady Campbell Joan, Lady Campbell (c.1775 – 22 January 1828), formerly Joan (or Joanna) Glassel(l), was an American-born Scottish heiress who was the second wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and the mother of the 8th Duke. Joan was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the only daughter of John Glassel who had emigrated from Longniddry; some accounts say she was born in Longniddry after his return. Glassel was a member of a Lowland Scots family, and his wife, the former Helen Buchan, was also Scottish. Glassel owned extensive property in Virginia, which he signed over to his brother