John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey

[5][3] However, in December 1943 he developed osteomyelitis, and was admitted to hospital here he spent the next two painful years lying on his stomach encased in plaster.

[3] In 1960, he moved to the Institute of Education, University of London, where he oversaw a research unit as its director for the next two years.

He accepted and then withdrew, after attacks by Australian artists against his close friend Bryan Robertson, who should have taken over the directorship of the National Gallery of Victoria.

[6] From 1962 to 1966, he was a member of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers which reported to the Minister of Education.

[6] He was also a member of the Spanish Commission on Education from 1968 to 1972:[6] in recognition of his work, he was awarded the Order of El Sabio by Spain in 1969.

[3] In the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours (Labour's Harold Wilson), he was awarded a life peerage, and on 23 June, he was created Baron Vaizey, of Greenwich, in Greater London.

[3] On 20 June 1984, he made his final speech in the House of Lords, fittingly, during a debate on Adult and Further Education.

[3] Lord Vaizey died on 19 July 1984 in St Thomas' Hospital, London, following heart surgery.