Faced with the need for expensive repairs to the clan's seat at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, his proposed methods to raise funds caused considerable controversy.
[1] The twins had an older brother, Robert Wolrige-Gordon, who would later succeed their father as the 21st Laird of Hallhead, 10th Baron of Esslemont.
[2] John was educated at Cheam School, Eton College, McGill University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
[1] In 2000, faced with the high cost of repairs to Dunvegan Castle, his clan's seat for more than 800 years, he put the Black Cuillin range in Skye on the market for £10 million.
John was by all accounts a decent batsman and would usually open the batting for the Peasants with a statuesque West Indian named Tony Jenkins who drove trains on London's Central Line.
The club was based in Essex and most of the fixtures were played in this county, some considerable distance from John's London home in Chelsea.