 He and his brother Peter were educated at Charterhouse School, Peter went on to be a pioneer of California's Napa Valley wine industry.Kenneth went on to study medicine at King's College Hospital in London and then at Westminster Hospital Medical School before volunteering to serve as a medical officer in North Africa and Cyprus with the Grenadier Guards.After working with Sir Francis Leslie, in 1960 he set up his own practice at 60 Cadogan Square in Knightsbridge which he expanded to offer consultation, radiology, pathology and a dispensary; among his patients was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.