[1] In 1958, Gore succeeded his elder brother, who had committed suicide reportedly because he was gay,[4] to become the 8th Earl of Arran and became an active member of the House of Lords.
"[6] He was an outspoken columnist for many years, writing for The Evening Standard, The Guardian, Encounter, Punch, The Observer, The Daily Mail, and others.
His columns, which often contained inflammatory and abusive language, were tagged as coming from "The outrageous Arran, the Earl you love to hate.
"[1] As an example, he once wrote of the Irish, in the Evening Standard in October 1974: "I loathe and detest the miserable bastards [...], savage murderous thugs.
BBC 'Travel' documented the Inchconnachan island and the in-habitation of kangaroos by speaking to Lady Colquhoun in mid to late 2021.