Sir George Bullough , 1st Baronet Sir George Bullough , 1st Baronet ( 28 February 1870 – 26 July 1939 ) was a late Victorian playboy and was an owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses . 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 . As well , George inherited the Isle of Rum , the family ' s sporting estate in the Inner Hebrides where he would build Kinloch Castle between 1898 and 1901 . In 1903 , George Bullough married Monique Lily de la Pasture whose family had an estate at Montreuil - sur - Mer in northern France . Known as Lady Monica , she obtained a divorce in order to marry Bullough . It is often suggested that the marriage was a convenient cover for Bullough ' s probable bisexuality . She was the eldest daughter of the Fourth Marquis de la Pasture whose aristocrat ancestors had fled the French Revolution . They had one daughter , Hermione , 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 racing as well as hunting , serving as Master of the Ledbury Foxhounds from 1908 through 1921 . He acquired an ocean - going 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 . As a result of his support of the war effort , in 1901 he was knight ed by King Edward VII . In 1909 , Sir George Bullough purchased the Down House , Redmarley , where he moved his stud , consequently breeding well - known horses such as Ethnarch , Grand Vitesse , Valois and Ellanvale on the premises . In 1913 , he purchased a 1902 steel yacht , also named " Rhouma " , which was hired to the Royal Navy as an auxiliary patrol yacht during World War I . Bullough served as a cavalry officer with the Imperial Yeomanry from 1908 through 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 elevated to the baronetcy in 1916 . Thoroughbred horse racing . 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 with Ballymacad which won the 1917 War National , ran at Gatwick racecourse in place of the Grand National . Investing in flat racing Thoroughbreds , his Irish - bred colt Golden Myth won several important English races including the 1922 Ascot Gold Cup and Eclipse Stakes . When Golden Myth retired to stud , Bullough teamed up with prominent trainer John L . Jarvis to establish Longholes Stud near Newmarket . In 1934 , they won an English Classic when Campanula captured the 1 , 000 Guineas . 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 .