The engagement of Basil Lythgoe and the mathematician Kathleen (Kate) Cameron Hallum was announced in April 1946. They had met at Manchester and were married on 29 June. They had two sons: John Cameron (1948) and Andrew Hallum (1950). John graduated in electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Birmingham and Andrew in materials science at the University of Liverpool. Both followed industrial careers and were to marry and have families.
