Art Treasures of Kinloch Castle

SOUTH AFRICA

Natal - Orange Free State - Transvaal

WORLD TOUR 1892 - 1895 of GEORGE BULLOUGH

Researched and written with explanatory notes from first-hand research by George W. Randall co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends’ Association.

Article 25 of 28 published in the Accrington Gazette on the 21^st of November 1896

continues the recollections of the 1892-1895 world tour made by

George Bullough, (later Sir George, Baronet, Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, Scotland)

and his travelling companion, Robert Mitchell, in a series of twenty-eight articles

written by Mitchell and published in the local Lancashire newspaper

the Accrington Gazette in 1896.

Time of South Africa visit: September 1893.

No reports published in the 7^th or 14^th of November editions of the Gazette.

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NATAL HILL SCENERY

Album IX * Image 14 * Size 7 x 4 inches

KwaZulu Natal, the breathtaking landscape of these valleys
and hills have been home to the Zulu people for centuries.

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THIS ARTICLE BY ROBERT MITCHELL WAS PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1896
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE JAMESON RAID, THE BOTCHED RAID
LAUNCHED ON THE 29^th OF DECEMBER 1895 AGAINST
PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER’S TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC CARRIED OUT BY
AN ARMED FORCE OF OVER 500 MEN UNDER THE GENERAL CHARGE
OF DR. LEANDER STARR JAMESON AND THE MILITARY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY BACKED BY

CECIL RHODES, CHAIRMAN DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES,
AND OTHER LEADING FIGURES OF THE TIME.

THE RAID WAS INTENDED TO TRIGGER AN UPRISING PRINCIPALLY
BY BRITISH EXPATRIATE WORKERS - KNOWN AS UITLANDERS -
IT TOTALLY FAILED.

See Note 11

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