When Gordon was twelve years old his father bought the Lygon Arms Inn in Broadway Worcestershire and the family moved again to live in the hotel. Gordon went to the Grammar School at the nearby town of Chipping Campden (or just Campden as it was known then).
At twelve years old, Gordon's father purchased the Lygon Arms Inn in Broadway, Worcestershire, and the family settled into the inn. Gordon studied at the local Grammar School in the neighboring town of Chipping Campden (then known as Campden).