British Yachts and Yachtsmen – the Biographies

Is the fourth son of the late Walter Boyd, Esq., of Dublin. He took his B.A. degree in 1855 at Trinity College, and in 1864 the […]

He has for many years been interested in racing on the Solent, and owned the 35-footer Flavia, built in 1897 by Summers and Payne from Mr. Arthur […]

Is a son of one of the founders of the famous Allan Line, and with his brother, Mr. Claud A. Allan, also a prominent Clyde yachtsman, […]

Was born in 1835, and educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford. He is a well-known yachtsman, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He owns […]

Is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He has had over thirty-five years’ experience of yachts and yachting, both sail and steam. In 1870 he […]

A prominent yachtsman in connection with the New Thames Club, of which he was for some years Rear-Com­modore and then Vice-Commodore, and at the present time […]

The Earl of Arran was born in 1868, and educated at Eton, following a military career. He was for fifteen years connected with the ‘Blues’, being […]

Viscount Bangor was born in 1828, and educated at Rugby. The Bonito, his first yacht (designed by the late Right Hon. Edward Saunderson, M.P.), was built in […]

Colonel Barrington Baker was born at St. Lucia, his father holding a commission in the army. Leaving St. Lucia for South Africa, he accompanied his father […]