GEORGE BULLOUGH WORLD TOUR 1892-1895
( Article 1 of 28 ) INTRODUCTION
Written from first-hand research and and illustrated from his personal archive
( 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
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 25th 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
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| Part of the introductory article from The Accrington Division Gazette published 2 May 1896. |
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)
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 12th of December 1896), I have added at the end of each numbered Explanatory Notes sourced from my archive of contemporary publications, including the 9th and 11th editions
in May 1896, and the twenty seven subsequent Gazette reports, (the last, Pretoria, Johannesburg, the Discovery of Diamond City, published on the 12th of December 1896), I have added at the end of each numbered Explanatory Notes sourced from my archive of contemporary publications, including the 9th and 11th editions
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
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.
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| 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.)
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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 Research Archive) |
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(NOTE: The Buddha has since been stolen!)
SEE NOTES AT END FOR FURTHER IMAGES AND HISTORY OF THE IVORY EAGLE.
DEDICATED RESEARCH BLOG:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3149945780622106744/6873241512882600280
DEDICATED IVORY EAGLE RESEARCH BLOG:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3149945780622106744/6873241512882600280
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NOTE: THE BUDDHA HAS BEEN
WRENCHED FROM THE SHINTO SHRINE AND
STOLEN.
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COAT OF ARMS OF SIR GEORGE
BULLOUGH.
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
Reviewed by author 20 August 2024
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