[2][3] He was born in Agra in India, where his father, Colonel Geoffrey Anderton, was a doctor with the British Army.
On the occasion of the school's four hundredth anniversary, he was the host for a lunch attended by King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth.
[2] After National Service with the Green Jackets Brigade, he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1952, originally to read Medicine but eventually graduating in History and Economics.
Jung Institute in Zurich, before setting up his own psychotherapy practice in London, where – according to his Daily Telegraph obituarist – "his deep intellect and innate sensitivity allowed him to bring profound insights to bear".
[2] He was a bon viveur and a large but gentle man who was inclined to be absent-minded and clumsy, leaving "a trail of broken armchairs and pranged cars".