"Born Alexander Gordon de Menthon in Cambridge, he moved to London as a child. His parents are Anne de Menthon & James Louis Gordon. On his mothers side he has a Canadian grandmother called Betty Wolfe and a French Grandfather called Count Henri de Menthon. The de Menthon family are one of the oldest families in Europe dating back to the Knights of Charlamagne. among their numbers is Saint Bernard de Menthon who was made a saint for rescuing lost travellers from the alps with the help of his dogs who went on to inherited his name. Betty & Henri met during his military service & they began a relationship which bore 3 children. When the relationship ended Betty moved with the children to England. In 1997 Alexander's Grandfather Henri died and in his will he left Alexander a Rembrant lithograph which Alexander later sold to fund the making of his debut album and the beginning of his musical career."