GEORGE  BULLOUGH  
WORLD  TOUR  1892 - 1895   

Gibraltar, Malta, Suez Canal, Aden to Colombo, Ceylon.
(Newspaper Article 3 of 28   *   Published in 1896)

Article transcribed with explanatory notes written from first-hand research 
and illustrated by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former 

Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.

 

Album photographs from George W. Randall Archive of Bullough's World Tour.

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 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ALBUM ONE RELATING TO ARTICLE THREE

Photographs George W. Randall Archive  -  Text compiled from Encyclopædia Britannica 9 and 11 editions and
A Guide to Colombo by George J. A Skeen, published 1906.

All photographs 10½ x 8½ inches from Album I Ceylon / India - Images 2, 3 and 4.
(George W. Randal Research Archive)

Designed by Mr. John Kyle, Resident Engineer, the first (south-west) breakwater, was built of concrete blocks weighing 18 to 30 tons and set on the “sloping bond” principle; taking ten years to completion in 1885. 

The 2,657 foot long middle or island Breakwater, called the “North-West” was completed in 1906. The entrance opening between these two is 800 feet.

The 1,100 foot long “North-East” Breakwater connects to the shore as with the South-West arm, but is of totally different construction. Like the North-West breakwater it was designed by Messrs. Coode, Son & Matthews and comprises a simple mound or bank of large rough stones randomly laid – technically known as pierre perdue. The width of this entrance being 700 feet, 100 feet less than the principal South-West entrance.  

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive 
ADDITIONAL IMAGES DEPICTING ADEN 
FROM WORLD TOUR ALBUMS 
FOUND IN ALBUM XVI CHINA
ADDED 11 MAY 2019

Album XVI  (China)  *  Image 17  *  Hong Kong  *  Size 10½ x 7½ inches.

Misidentified in Album XVI as  Hong Kong.

 Correctly identified as Prince of Wales’ Crescent, Aden.

 Grand Hotel de L’Univers and  Hotel de L’Europe, both hotels under French management.

Prince of Wales Crescent runs alongside the docks of the former British colony of Aden, today Yemen; for centuries a key re-coaling station crucial to east-west trade, particularly with India. In January 1963 Sir Charles Johnston stepped down as Aden’s last Governor which remained a British Protectorate until 1967 when it became the independent state of Yemen.

REFERENCE: “An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia” 

by F. M. Hunter - Published 1877.

INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS:   CHINESE HOUSES HONG KONG

Album XVI  *  Image 10  *  Size 10 x 8½ inches.

Although identified as “Chinese Houses - Hong Kong” in Album XVI this is incorrect.

I am informed by Bristol University it is in fact Aden, a re-coaling port of call during George Bullough’s outward journey on board the SS Oceana in September 1892. 

  First published September 2013

ADEN PHOTOGRAPHS ADDED 11 MAY 2019

Reviewed with corrections and additions 14 November 2022

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WORLD TOUR 1892-1895 (Article 2 of 28) Departure aboard P & O steamer Oceana / Arrival Gibraltar

GEORGE BULLOUGH  WORLD TOUR 1892-1895

 (Article 2 of 28)
  Departure aboard P & O steamer Oceana / Arrival Gibraltar

Written and illustrated from first-hand research by George W. Randall.

Copyright September 2013 © George W. Randall Archive 

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George Bullough, 1870 – 1939, (later Sir George, Baronet), was three days short of his twenty-first birthday when his father died on the 25^th of February 1891 at the age of fifty-two. Nineteen months later in September 1892 twenty-two year old George embarked on a thirty-five month long world tour with his friend Robert Mitchell, returning to Britain in August 1895. There soon followed what was termed a “six-month supplementary cruise”, finally arriving back at The Rhyddings, Bullough’s home in Accrington, Lancashire, England, in April 1896.

A twenty volume photographic record of their travels is located in the library at Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, Scotland, Bullough's Highland hunting lodge built 1897-1900. Regrettably each picture has only the briefest title, sometimes no title and no date. Fortunately Mr. Bullough agreed to have published a series of reports of their travels in the local newspaper, The Accrington Division Gazette, the town of Accrington also being the location of the family business and source of his wealth,  Howard and Bullough, Ltd., Globe Works, manufacturers of a complete range of cotton spinning machinery to the world’s cotton industry. 

I am indebted to Accrington Library who supplied me with photo-copies of the twenty-eight articles titled: “Mr. Bullough's Three Years’ Tour” published in The Gazette between 2 May and 12 December 1896 and the late journalist and broadcaster, Magnus Magnusson, K.B.E., at the time Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage, (the agency responsible for the island of Rum and Kinloch Castle), who gave me permission (1996) to archive and photographically record the contents of Kinloch Castle including the 700 plus half-plate images of George Bullough’s World Tour.

The twenty albums contain some 600+ photographs, those from Japan are in colour.

At the end of each article will be found numbered explanatory Notes relating to the published 

text compiled by the author in the hope of helping today's reader better understand this late 19^th century world in the context of the period plus some subject historical background 

and hopefully inspiration to undertake further research.

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ARTICLE 2  -  PUBLISHED 9 MAY 1896

REVIEWED BY AUTHOR WITH ADDED MATERIAL 30 MARCH 2024

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive.

GEORGE BULLOUGH WORLD TOUR  1892-1895
( Article 1 of 28 )   INTRODUCTION    
Written from first-hand research and and illustrated from his personal archive 

by George W. Randall co-founder in July 1996 and former 

Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.

Copyright September 2013 © George W. Randall Archive 

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INTRODUCTION   ARTICLE

George Bullough (1870 – 1939, later Sir George, Baronet) was three days short of his twenty-first

birthday when his father John died on the 25^th of February 1891 at the age of fifty-two.

Nineteen months later in September 1892 twenty-two year old George 

embarked on a thirty five month long world tour with his friend  Robert Mitchell 

returning to Britain in August 1895 to be soon followed by what was termed a 

“six-month supplementary cruise” arriving back at The Rhyddings, 

Bullough’s home in Accrington, Lancashire, England, in April 1896.

A twenty volume photographic record of their travels is located in the library at 

Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, Scotland, Bullough's Highland hunting lodge built 1897-1900.

Regrettably each picture has only the briefest title, sometimes no title and no date.

Fortunately Mr. Bullough agreed to have published a series of reports of their travels 

Part of the introductory article from
The Accrington Division Gazette
published 2 May 1896.

in The Accrington Division Gazette, the local newspaper and
 location of the family business and source of his wealth,  
Howard and Bullough, Ltd., Globe Works, 
manufacturers of a complete range of cotton spinning machinery to the world’s cotton industry. 

I am indebted to Accrington Library who supplied photo-copies of the twenty-eight articles, "Mr. Bullough's Three Years' Tour" published in The Accrington Division Gazette between 

2 May and 12 December 1896 and the late broadcaster, 
Magnus Magnusson, K.B.E, at the time Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage, (the agency responsible for the island of Rum and Kinloch Castle), who gave me permission (1996) to archive and photographically record the contents of Kinloch Castle including the 600 plus half-plate images of George Bullough’s World Tour.

Commencing with this Introductory Article, (left), published 
in May 1896, and the twenty seven subsequent Gazette reports, (the last, Pretoria, Johannesburg, the Discovery of Diamond City, published on the 12^th of December 1896), I have added at the end of each numbered Explanatory Notes sourced from my archive of contemporary publications, including the 9^th and 11^th editions of Encyclopædia Britannica, 

I have also drawn extensively from numerous sites on Google, 
a resource  I hereby acknowledge and recommend to those readers who wish to research further.

The world Robert Mitchell recalls in these articles and the accompanying photographs taken in the 1880 / 1890's  

give us today a unique insight into that world, and human attitudes over one hundred and 

thirty years ago at  the height of the British Empire and Queen Victoria's reign. 

My additional notes at the end of each chapter, written from contemporary publications, are intended to help the reader see and understand this late 19th century world as twenty-three year old George Bullough would know it by giving brief historical background and understanding to the articles and hopefully encourage further reading and research. 

 THE TWENTY WORLD TOUR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS  14½ x 10¾ inches.

I   Ceylon / India * II   Ceylon / India * III   India * IV   India * V   India * VI   India / Burma * VII   Australia

VIII   Cape Town * IX   South Africa * X    South Africa / Madeira / Hobart    XI * Tasmania / New Zealand

XII   New Zealand * XIII   Natives Africa / New Zealand * XIV   Japan * XV   Numea / Batavia / Singapore

XVI   China * XVII   China / Japan * XVIII   New Zealand / New Caledonia * XIX   Honolulu / California

XX   Salt Lake City                 (Note: there are two albums marked XIV and no XVIII.)

George Bullough (left) and his travelling companion

Robert Mitchell standing by a fine specimen of ficus elastica,

the Indian rubber tree in the 

Royal Botanic Gardens,

Peradeniya, Ceylon,

since independence in 1972, 

Sri Lanka.

This is one of only three of the 600+ album photographs in which they appear together.

(Greatly enlarged from original below.)

George Bullough and Robert Mitchell by a stand of ficus elastica
in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon.
Album 1  *  Image 18  *  Original photograph measures 10½ x 8½ inches.
(George W. Randall Archive)

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PART TWO COVERS:
DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL STREET RAILWAY STATION, LONDON 
TO GRAVESEND,
EMBARKATION ONTO THE P & O LINER SS OCEANA AT GRAVESEND, 
FELLOW PASSENGERS AND LIFE ON-BOARD
THROUGH BAY OF BISCAY TO GIBRALTAR.

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive