KINLOCH CASTLE
ITEMS IN THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
INCLUDING DISPOSITION OF SALE OF THE 26,400 ACRE ISLAND OF RUM, (INCLUDING KINLOCH CASTLE), TO THE NATION IN 1957 BY LADY BULLOUGH AND THE TRUSTEES OF HER HUSBANDS ESTATE.
Written from on-going research and illustrated from his personal photographic archive by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association..
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East façade of Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rhum, Scotland. (2011).
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+SOME ITEMS IN POSSESSION OF THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH..JAPANESE CRAFTED IVORY EAGLE (LIFESIZE).
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INCORRECTLTY DESCRIBED BY THE MUSEUM.It is no longer on display..
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The Eagle stood at eye level on its base in Kinloch Castle..+GASTINNE-RENETTE, PARIS. DUELLING PISTOLS.
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Inside case lid..
+THE THREE TAPESTRIES:.
+TOBIAS TAKING LEAVE OF HIS PARENTS..(Note the sizes of the tapestries!)
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Royal Museum description of tapestry.
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.THE STORY OF TOBIAS
+THE HEALING OF THE LAME BEGGAR.
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Royal Museum description of tapestry.
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THE ANGEL RELEASING ST. PETER FROM PRISON..
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Royal Museum description of tapestry. (Incomplete.).
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JAMES & SUSAN SPICER 1835 (JUG).
Photographed at the Royal Museum by George W. Randall October 1998.
Royal Museum description of James and Susan Spicer Jug.
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PAIR OF SATINWOOD TABLES..
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JAPANESE IMARI DISH..
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Prunus tree in blossom. Butterflies, and palm tree behind a fence.+
LOUIS XVI PERIOD ARMCHAIR.
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.SETTEE UNIFORM WITH ARM CHAIR.
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BOX - GLASS ITEMS.Royal Museum description.
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.BRONZE JUNGLE COCK ON A TREE STUMP.Ivy Wu Gallery - Chinese, Japanese and Korean Art..
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The bronze is made-up of ten separate pieces.
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Royal Museum description
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Oil portrait of Lady Monica L. Bullough (Aged forty-one in 1910.)
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DEPOSITION OF SALE OF THE ISLAND OF RHUM.
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George Bullough inherited the Isle of Rhum following his father's sudden death on 15 February 1891, three days before George's twenty-first birthday. In September 1892 George embarked on a thirty-five month World Grand Tour in which he acquired many of the items still in his Highland home, Kinloch Castle, (built 1897-1900) and in the Royal Museum Edinburgh, the only two ever publicly displayed being the Ivory Eagle and Bronze Jungle Cock.
East façade Kinloch Castle..
DEPOSITION OF SALE OF THE ISLAND OF RHUM
At the time of the transfer on 28 February 1957 there was a ten year grazing tenancy on Rhum in favour of (Major) Walter Mundell signed in 1948.
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.MINUTE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAME MONICA LILLY BULLOUGH AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - DATED 17 DECEMBER 1957...
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George W. Randall Research Archive reviewed 23 December 2025.
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East façade of Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rhum, Scotland. (2011)
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SOME ITEMS IN POSSESSION OF
THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH.
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JAPANESE CRAFTED IVORY EAGLE (LIFESIZE)..
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INCORRECTLTY DESCRIBED BY THE MUSEUM.
It is no longer on display.
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Inside case lid.
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THE STORY OF TOBIAS.
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+JAMES & SUSAN SPICER 1835 (JUG).
Photographed at the Royal Museum by George W. Randall October 1998.
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PAIR OF SATINWOOD TABLES..
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JAPANESE IMARI DISH.
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LOUIS XVI PERIOD ARMCHAIR.
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Prunus tree in blossom. Butterflies, and palm tree behind a fence.
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SETTEE UNIFORM WITH ARM CHAIR.
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The bronze is made-up of ten separate pieces.
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DEPOSITION OF SALE OF THE ISLAND OF RHUM.
George Bullough inherited the Isle of Rhum following his father's sudden death on 15 February 1891, three days before George's twenty-first birthday.
In September 1892 George embarked on a thirty-five month World Grand Tour in which he acquired many of the items still in his Highland home, Kinloch Castle,
(built 1897-1900) and in the Royal Museum Edinburgh, the only two ever publicly displayed being the Ivory Eagle and Bronze Jungle Cock
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