British Yachts and Yachtsmen – the Biographies

Is a member of the well-known Paisley yachting family, and in recent years has devoted himself to the cruising side of the pastime. His first boat […]

Youngest son of Lord Colville of Culross. Was born in 1867. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar […]

Is a well-known and popular sportsman. For some years Master of the East Essex Foxhounds. He is a keen yachtsman, and as owner of the magnificent […]

Was born in 1861. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Imperial Yeomanry. He possesses the historic Orrery Jewel connected with the […]

Scotland Yacht Club, Commodore of the Holy Loch Sailing Club, and a member of the Yacht Racing Association. He is a keen and practical yachts­man, and […]

Was born in London in 1835, and educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford. He commenced yachting in 1873 with the Lilian, 35 tons, and opened a successful […]

Was born at St. Germain-en-Laye, France, in 1847, and succeeded to the title in 1880. He was President of the Astronomical Society, and M.P. for Wigan […]

Was born in Belfast in 1835. For half a century he has shown extraordinary and consistent activity in further­ing the interests of the sport of yacht-racing. […]

Is a keen yachtsman, and owner of the s.y. Gladys, 178 tons, built by Messrs. J. Reid and Co. at Glasgow in 1883. He was born in 1845, […]