 His presence was seen as a great compliment to the dominion and caused a flurry of activity in cricket, horse-racing and high society.He was a keen cricketer who had been President of the MCC in 1956–57 and was still a member of its powerful committee.He had managed his own tour of the Jamaica with a Duke of Norfolk's XI in 1956–67, which had included the England players Tom Graveney, John Warr, Doug Wright and Willie Watson and would organise another in 1969–70.