 After the war he served as president of the Royal Geographical Society 1945–1948 and on the board of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 1954–1965.On the death of his father on 26 July 1941 he gained the title of 2nd Baron Rennell and, as he had no sons, the barony passed to his nephew Tremayne Rodd on his death in 1978.On 3 August 1928, he married the Hon.