Eilean Rìgh

Not to be confused with a similarly named islet south of Ulva at NM397380.

Eilean Rìgh
Location
Eilean Rìgh
Eilean Rìgh shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NM801018
Names
Gaelic name	Eilean Rìgh
Meaning of name	King's Island
Area and summit
Area	86 hectares (0.33 sq mi)
Area rank	155=
Highest elevation	Dùn Righ 55 m
Population
Population	0
Groupings
Island group	Islay
Local Authority	Argyll and Bute
References
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Eilean Rìgh is an island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Craignish, about 300 m off the Argyll coastline. The name is Gaelic for "King's Island", although which royal is not known.

History

Looking south from Eilean Mhic Chrion to Eilean Rìgh

The island has the remains of two Iron Age forts.

In the 1930s, the island was home to Sir Reginald Johnston, retired tutor to Puyi, the last Chinese emperor. Johnston modernised the houses, built a Buddhist temple and even flew the Manchukuoan flag in the Chinese-style gardens. The property was purchased by a retired Indian army officer, Major Campbell, who lived in it with his family until the outbreak of World War II when they left for a house in Ardfern. It was purchased by Lord Wilfred Brown and his cousin Mr Robert Banks Skinner in 1959 as a holiday home.^{[citation needed]} In 1992 it was sold to James Waldegrave, then Viscount Chewton.^{[citation needed]}

The current owner is a London-based city trader, Christian Siva-Jothy, who purchased the island in 1999 and then substantially renovated the properties on the island. He is a former Partner of Goldman Sachs where he was in charge of Proprietary Trading. He retired from Goldman Sachs in 2005.