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[[File:George Bullough (1870-1939) (A).jpg|right|thumb|upright|Sir George Bullough (1870–1939).]]

'''Sir George Bullough, 1st Baronet''' (28 February 1870 – 26 July 1939) was a late Victorian playboy and was an owner and breeder of [[thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorses]].

== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
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| footer = <div style="text-align:center">Monica Lilly, Lady Bullough was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 7 April 1869. Her mother died the following day. She was the eldest daughter of French aristocrat Gerard Gustavus Ducarel (1838–1916), 4th Marquis de la Pasture, and Leontine Standish (1843–1869). Monique Ducarel de la Pasture married Sir George Bullough on 24 June 1903 at Kinloch Castle, Rùm Island. Lady Bullough died in Newmarket, Warren Hill, Suffolk, United Kingdom, on 22 May 1967.</div>
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Born in [[Accrington]], Lancashire, George Bullough was educated at [[Harrow School]]. In 1891, the 21-year-old George Bullough and half-brother Ian each inherited a half interest in [[Howard & Bullough]], their father's successful textile machinery manufacturing company. George also inherited the island of [[Rùm]], the family's sporting estate in the [[Inner Hebrides]] where he had [[Kinloch Castle]] built between 1898 and 1901.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Let Kinloch Castle fall into curated decay – and become the ruin that Scotland needs |last=MacDonald |first=Fraser |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 August 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/17/kinloch-castle-curated-decay-ruin-scotland|quote=The entire architectural purpose of Kinloch Castle is to scream wealth, power and domination.}}</ref>

In 1903, George Bullough married Monique Lilly de la Pasture whose family had an estate at [[Montreuil-sur-Mer]] in northern France. Known as Lady Monica, she obtained a divorce from Charles Edward Charrington, member of the wealthy [[Spencer Charrington|Charrington family]], in order to marry Bullough. She was the eldest daughter of the 4th Marquis de la Pasture whose aristocrat ancestors had fled the [[French Revolution]] and Leontine Standish (1843–1869), daughter of [[Charles Strickland Standish]] (1790–1863), a [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig politician]] and [[Lord of the manor]] of [[Standish Hall|Standish]].<ref>[http://lostchristchurch.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/christchurchs-countess-leontine-de-la-pasture Countess Leontine de la Pasture (1843–1869) born Standish]</ref> They had one daughter, Hermione (born 5 November 1906 - died 27 October 1990), who married [[John Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham]].

Other than the income it provided, George Bullough had little interest in the family business. With his wealth, he chose to pursue an interest in [[yachting]] and [[Thoroughbred horse race|thoroughbred horse racing]] as well as hunting, serving as Master of the Ledbury Foxhounds from 1908 through 1921. He acquired an ocean-going [[Steamboat|steam-powered]] [[yacht]], ''Rhouma'', in which he travelled extensively. Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]], Bullough converted his yacht to a [[hospital ship]] and sailed it to South Africa for service. [The Graphic 8 December 1900 p864 has pictures] As a result of his support of the war effort, in December 1901 he was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27389|date=20 December 1901|page=8979}}</ref> He also donated the [[Bullough Cup]] for competition in [[shinty]] in Argyll and Lorn; this trophy is still played for today.[http://oldappin.com/appin-shinty-reports-updated-072009/]

In 1909, Sir George Bullough purchased the Down House, [[Redmarley]], where he moved his stud, breeding horses which became well known, such as Ethnarch, Grand Vitesse, Valois and Ellanvale.<ref>{{cite book |title=Polly - My Wonderful Mother |year=1956 |author=Barbara Cartland}}</ref>

In 1913, he purchased [[Madiz|a 1902 steel yacht]], which he also named ''Rhouma'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isleofrum.com/isleofrumheritag.php |title=A history of Kinloch Castle and the Bulloughs|publisher=Isle of Rum Community |access-date=17 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917082725/http://www.isleofrum.com/kinlochcastle-bu.html |archive-date=17 September 2010}}</ref> it was hired by the [[Royal Navy]] for use as an auxiliary patrol yacht during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanford|first=Kelley|date=28 December 2017|title=History Afloat|url=https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/history-afloat/|website=Yachting|language=en}}</ref> She was later used as a Royal Patrol Yacht during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=M/Y Madiz 1902 |author= |website=madiz.com |date= |access-date=17 August 2021 |url= https://www.madiz.com/home.htm}}</ref>

Bullough served as a [[cavalry]] officer with the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] from 1908 to 1911 and because of his horsemanship, during World War I he was appointed a superintendent with the Remount Department with the rank of major. For his services to his country, George Bullough was created a [[baronet]] "of the island of Rùm and of Down House in the parish of Redmarley in the [[County of Worcester]]" on 21 January 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29483 |date=22 February 1916 |page=1946}}</ref>

=== Thoroughbred horse racing ===
[[File:Kinloch Castle.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Kinloch Castle]], built by George Bullough in 1900]]

An avid sportsman, Sir George Bullough had a lifelong interest in horses. Interested in [[Thoroughbred]] racing, he eventually became a member of the National Hunt Committee and a member of the [[Jockey Club]]. He developed a significant racing stable that had its first major success in [[steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] with Ballymacad which won the 1917 War National, ran at Gatwick racecourse in place of the [[Grand National]]. Investing in [[flat racing]] Thoroughbreds, his [[Ireland|Irish-bred]] colt Golden Myth won several important English races including the 1922 [[Ascot Gold Cup]] and [[Eclipse Stakes]]. When Golden Myth retired to [[horse breeding|stud]], Bullough teamed up with prominent trainer [[Jack Jarvis|John L. Jarvis]] to establish Longholes Stud near [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]].<ref name="Mortimer">{{cite book | last1 = Mortimer|first1=Roger |last2=Onslow|first2=Richard|last3=Willett|first3=Peter| title=Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing|publisher=Macdonald and Jane’s| year=1978|isbn=0-354-08536-0}}</ref> In 1934, they won an [[British Classic Races|English Classic]] when [[Campanula (horse)|Campanula]] captured the [[1,000 Guineas Stakes|1,000 Guineas]].<ref name="century">{{cite book|last1 = Morris | first1 = Tony |last2=Randall|first2=John|title=A Century of Champions|publisher=Portway Press|year=1999|isbn=1-901570-15-0}}</ref>

===Death===
Sir George Bullough died in 1939 while playing golf in France. He was buried alongside his father John Bullough in the family [[mausoleum]] at Harris on the west coast of [[Rùm]].

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | last = Scott | first = Alastair |year= 2018| title = Eccentric Wealth: The Bulloughs of Rum | location= Edinburgh| publisher =Birlinn |isbn = 978-1-912476-05-3}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.kinlochcastlefriends.org/dnn/TheBulloughs/GeorgeBullough.aspx George Bullough on ''Kinloch Castle Friends Association'' website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010520/http://www.kinlochcastlefriends.org/dnn/TheBulloughs/GeorgeBullough.aspx |date=2 February 2017 }}
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/historic/castles/kinloch.htm Kinloch Castle and Sir George Bullough]
* [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=940 Sir George Bullough at the United Kingdom's National Horseracing museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107031816/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=940 |date=7 November 2007 }}

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