| Eilean Rìgh | |
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Eilean Rìgh
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| 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 hectares (0.33 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 155= |
| Highest elevation | Dùn Righ 55 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Islay |
| Local Authority | Argyll and Bute |
| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
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.
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 Manchukuoan 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. In 1992 it was sold to James Waldegrave, then Viscount Chewton.
The current owner is a London-based city trader, Christian Siva-Jothy, who purchased the island in 1999 and then substantially renovated the properties on the island. He is a former Partner of Goldman Sachs where he was in charge of Proprietary Trading. He retired from Goldman Sachs in 2005. [5]