He was immensely rich and owned one of the finest and most prestigious ancestral castles in the country. His very large estate adjoined their much smaller one.
It was, of course, the Marquis, who was the talk of the neighbourhood and he was noted in London for being a close friend of the Prince of Wales.
He even rivalled His Royal Highness in the number of women he chased.
It had been Gordon’s idea that they should build a Racecourse.
They owned a most suitable piece of land, which adjoined the Marquis’s estate and, if he would collaborate with them, Gordon believed, it would be of great advantage to them both.
As they were relatively near London and within reach of several fairly large towns, it would undoubtedly be most profitable – and there was no other Racecourse anywhere near t
