Personal Life
He had a long and happy marriage to his wife Grace (née Isaac), whom he met at Cambridge. Their only child, Jenny (now Sinclair), was received into the Roman Catholic Church, but the family did not become estranged. Lady Sheppard died of cancer on 10 November 2010, aged 75.
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