His wife, violating multiple British Army protocols forbidding the wives of soldiers at the front, repeatedly hatched schemes to join him as he was shuffled across the Middle East and North Africa, finally succeeding to meet up with him in Cairo in 1941.
He was taken to Sulmona camp in the Abruzzo near Rome, but joined Neame again when they were both transferred to Castello di Vincigliata PG12 in October 1941.
He became friends with Carton De Wiart, and adapted to prison life, managing the officers' house-keeping and Red Cross parcels.
Lt. Leeming wrote 'Four more prisoners arrived ..including Lieutenant Lord Ranfurly, who took over the management of the household in my place.
After rowing and bailing for 24 hours they were at last picked up by an Italian vessel which landed them at Ancona, from where they were shipped to brigade HQ on 30 May 1944.
Following the end of World War II, Lord Ranfurly worked briefly in insurance at Lloyd's of London, not long before being appointed Governor of the Bahamas by Winston Churchill.