Eilean Rìgh

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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 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands):	153
Highest elevation:	Dùn Righ 55 m
Population
Population (2001):	0
Groupings
Island Group:	Islay
Local Authority:	Argyll and Bute
References:	[1][2][3]

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.

[edit] History

The island has the remains of two Iron Age forts.^[4]

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 Manchurian flag in the Chinese-style gardens.^[4] 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 made his fortune cashing in on the financial impact of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.^[5]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
2. ^ Ordnance Survey
3. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
4. ^ ^{a b} Overview of Eilean Righ. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
5. ^ Legendary success of a geeky talent. The Times (August 13, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-12-16.

Coordinates: 56°9′N 5°32′W / 56.15, -5.533