Cordle was married three times. He was first married in 1938 (divorced 1956) to Grace Lucy Walkey (1918-2021); by this marriage he had four sons and a daughter.
He married secondly in 1957 (divorced 1971) to Venetia Caroline Maynard (b. 22 March 1936),[1] by whom he had one son and three daughters, including Marina, Viscountess Cowdray. He married thirdly in 1976 to Terttu Heikura,[1] his children's nanny who was 35 years his junior, by whom he had two sons.[2]
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^ abRoth, Andrew (25 November 2004). "Obituary: John Cordle". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2020. He married his second wife, Vanessa [sic], in 1957 and they divorced in 1971. She went public when he used the police and a security guard to ban his mother-in-law from the family home. He later legally suppressed her book, A Woman Crucified.
^"John Cordle". The Daily Telegraph (obituary). 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2020. He endured appalling misfortune in his family life: his grandson was killed in a road accident and his grand-daughter electrocuted; his daughter Sophie became a heroin addict and fell into prostitution; his son Rupert was jailed for theft (although he subsequently redeemed himself and became a respected businessman); Cordle was also predeceased by a son and a daughter.
