Editing Alec Todd (section)

==Personal life and death==

In 1937, Todd married Alison Sarah Dale (d. 1987), daughter of Nobel Prize winner [[Henry Hallett Dale]], who like Todd, served as President of the [[Royal Society of London]].  They had a son and two daughters:

* Dr the Hon Alexander Henry Todd (b. 1939), educated at [[Oriel College, Oxford]], Master [[Salters' Company]] (1999/2000), m. 1stly 1967 (div 1981) Joan Margaret Koester, m. 2ndly Patricia Mary Harvey Jones, daughter of Brigadier Alan Harvey Jones {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|CBE|TD}}, of [[Somerford Booths]], [[Cheshire]];
* The Hon Helen Jean Todd (b. 1941), m. 1963 Philip Edgar Brown, and has two sons and a daughter;
* The Hon Hilary Alison Todd (b. 1946).<ref>[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]</ref>

Todd died in Cambridge on 10 January 1997 at the age of 89 following a heart attack.{{cn|date=October 2024}}