▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁R enn ie ▁was ▁married ▁twice : ▁first ▁to ▁Joan ▁England ▁( 1 9 1 2 - 1 9 7 4 ) ▁( 1 9 3 8 – 1 9 4 5 ), ▁then ▁to ▁actress ▁Margaret ▁( Mag gie ) ▁Mc Gr ath ▁( 1 9 1 9 - 2 0 1 7 ) ▁( 1 9 4 7 – 1 9 6 0 ); ▁their ▁son , ▁David ▁R enn ie , ▁is ▁an ▁English ▁circuit ▁judge ▁in ▁Lew es , ▁Sus sex , ▁England . ▁Both ▁mar ri ages ▁ended ▁in ▁divor ce . ▁When ▁divor cing ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁she ▁faint ed ▁on ▁the ▁stand ▁during ▁cross - ex am ination . ▁R enn ie ▁revealed ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁separated ▁from ▁her ▁since ▁November ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁( Her ▁mother ▁had ▁been ▁murder ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 .) ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁son , ▁John ▁Marshall ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 4 ), ▁with ▁his ▁long time ▁friend ▁and ▁mist ress , ▁Ren ée ▁( née ▁Gilbert ), ▁whose ▁later ▁married ▁name ▁was ▁Taylor . ▁Ren ée ▁was ▁the ▁sister ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁film ▁director ▁Lewis ▁Gilbert . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁years , ▁they ▁lived ▁coinc ident ally ▁in ▁fl ats ▁in ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁in ▁Alb any ▁Street ▁near ▁Reg ent ' s ▁Park ▁in ▁London ▁( now ▁a ▁hotel ). ▁The ▁White ▁House ▁was ▁a ▁favour ite ▁location ▁to ▁live ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁years .