Friday, May 13, 2016


          KINLOCH  CASTLE 
MYSTERIES  SOLVED 
   First hand research and photographs ©  George W. Randall Archive  

IS THIS CHASSIS IN LOCH SCRESORT ON THE ISLAND OF RUM 
THE REMAINS OF SIR GEORGE BULLOUGH'S RACING CAR. 
OR EVEN HIS ROLLS ROYCE?

There is no evidence of a racing car or indeed a Rolls Royce!

But there is evidence the chassis possibly belonged to a Leyland truck  or
a car belonging to Robert Morrison (sitting in the front of the picture below) 
who was employed as engineer / blacksmith on Rum from 1911 
until his retirement in 1930.
The vehicle's twelve spoke wheels have solid rubber tyres and a hub which compare favourably with the chassis in Loch Scresort.
(Photograph and historic detail supplied by Fiona Stewart.  2007.)  

Can anyone identify the make of car?
Please contact the author: 
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This two page article appeared in a 2002 edition of the Kinloch Castle Friends' Association Newsletter before it was considered "of little value" by a person who should have known better and production was stopped ... ... ...


Author's sketch and measurements made August 2004.


The photograph below recently came to light and comparison of the wheel, hub, 
spokes and solid tyre, together with the owner's name, George Bullough's company, Howard & Bullough, Ltd., Accrington, (H. & B.), strongly suggest it is the remains of this or a similar vehicle that rests  today in Loch Scresort. 
The tread on the H. & B. vehicle appears to be "flat" whereas the tyre on Robert Morrison's car appears to be "rounded".



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This large sandstone block depicts the year construction of Kinloch Castle commenced and when photographed stood under the glazed verandah which encircles three sides of the square castellated building close to the main entrance. 
Clearly at some point it was part of the structure
but where, and why was it removed?

Construction of Kinloch Castle commenced in the summer of 1897 and was completed in late 1900.

I believe it was originally sited within the entrance archway and replaced with a similar block bearing George Bullough’s Coat of Arms following his knighthood on 11 December 1901 by King Edward VII for placing his yacht, Rhouma, “at the disposal of Queen Victoria's forces for use as a hospital ship and recruiting station” in Table Bay, Cape Town during the first year of the Boer War which had broken out on Wednesday 11 October 1899.


The 1897 was originally sited within the entrance archway.

George Bullough sailed with his vessel overseeing the erection of a framed canvas deck-house as a twenty bed ward on the aft deck, provision of bedsteads, bedding, water tanks, baths and all food items. Two members of his crew were sent to assist the army staff at the nearby Rondebosch Hospital. Other crew members helped entertain the recuperating patients on board with deck games, music, stories, fishing and trips round the bay.  
During her time at Cape Town 216 men and forty-six officers were treated on board, there were no fatalities.

The Knight Bachelor citation records the thanks of “a grateful nation for his patriotism which had helped alleviate so much pain and suffering amongst British troops.”
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In the photograph below the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay stand below the Bullough Coat of Arms at the entrance to Kinloch Castle during their visit, 1 June 2006.

                                                                                                          Photograph credit: Douglas King.
                                                 
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ORIGIN OF THE STONE USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF KINLOCH CASTLE

For a number of years there was running debate as to the location of the sandstone used in the construction of Kinloch Castle. In 2009, as part of the west facing Oriel window restoration, samples were sent to the British Geological Survey for cross matching to the two possible quarries, Corrie on the Isle of Arran and Corsehill, near Annan, Dumfriesshire. 
The result states 
“the red Triassic sandstone sample was quarried on Arran.”

However, the two upper floors on the castle’s west side, which include the Oriel windows, were an addition in 1906, not part of the original 1897-1900 construction.

No sample of the original 1897-1900  stone has been analysed.

ABOVE: BEFORE

BELOW: AFTER

Taken in conjunction with a note accompanying the 1903 Geological Survey map of Arran which states that a “mansion on Rhum” was built of Arran sandstone, it would seem to confirm Kinloch Castle is built of red sandstone that originated on the island of Arran, although it was considered not suitable in 
"a seaside location."

  East façade of Kinloch Castle 
with the Bullough Coat of Arms above principal entrance arch beneath tower.
                     
                                                           
   UPDATED 8 March 2024                     

Monday, May 2, 2016


LADY  BULLOUGH   1869 - 1967
  Researched and written by George W. Randall co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman of Kinloch Castle Friend's Association.

 Eldest daughter of French aristocrat Gerard Gastavus Ducarel, fourth Marquis de la Pasture, Lady Monica Lilly Bullough was born in New Zealand on 7 April 1869, her mother died the following day.

Monica married Charles E. N. Charrington on 19 March 1889 and a daughter, Dorothea Elizabeth, was born the following year. The marriage subsequently failed. In the divorce proceedings Charrington cited George Bullough as co-respondent. The fourteen year marriage was formerly dissolved on 25 May 1903. Thirty days later in a glittering ceremony at Kinloch Castle conducted by the Reverend John Sinclair, Minister of the Small Isles, Sir George and Monica were married. Their honeymoon was spent at Papadil Lodge, by Loch Papadil, on the south coast of the island of Rum.

The photograph depicts Lady Bullough during a fishing trip 
on-board their steam yacht Rhouma. 




The Coat of Arms of Sir George Bullough  as depicted 
on the Pedigree of Bullough displayed in the library at Kinloch Castle. 
"Compiled from original evidences by H. Farnham Burke, Garter," 
the framed pedigree traces the family back over twenty-two generations 
to Stephen Bulhalgh, born c. 1200 who "held lands in Kirkdale, Co. Lancaster."
Born 28 February 1870, educated at Harrow, Bullough was a captain 
in the Scottish Horse Imperial Yeomanry and major and 
Superintendent in the Remount Department.
Knighted on 10 December 1901 "for converting his yacht (Rhouma) into a 
hospital ship for sick and wounded during the South African War", 
he was created baronet (UK) on 21 January 1916  for making an interest 
free loan of fifty thousand pounds to the government to help finance the war effort.

Hermione aged sixteen in 1922. 
Sir George and Lady Bullough had one daughter, Hermione, born at 14 Stratton Street, Piccadilly, London, on 5 November 1906 and christened at their home, Bishopswood House, Ross-on-Wye.     

On 4 March 1931 at St. Mark's Church,
North Ardley Street, London, Hermione married
John Frederick Lambton, 5th. Lord Durham thereby being titled Countess of Durham.
Their son, the Honourable John George Lambton
was born the following year on 10 June.
As a child he played on the sandy beaches of Rum
and celebrated his twenty-first birthday at Kinloch Castle. Owner of Longholes Stud, Newmarket,
(which the author visited on several occasions),
and an enthusiastic follower of the turf,
his thoroughbred filly, "Wake up Maggie", (sire descendant of foundation stallion the Darley Arabian), was purchased as a two year old in April 2005.
John Lambton died unmarried on 21 August 2012.

Much enlarged head and shoulders portrait of Lady Bullough from a 2 x 1¼  inch miniature
 in the Drawing Room at Kinloch Castle  -  sadly badly damaged.

The Bullough Coat of Arms
on Stone Slate.
(December 2023)

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