Black and white photograph of John Brown, Balephuil and father, Charlie.
L-R: John Brown (Iain Thearlaich) of Balephuil and his father, Charlie (Tearlach Chaluim).
Photocopied black and white newspaper photograph of Lord Bannerman.
Lord Bannerman (on the right), former president of An Comunn Gaidhealach, photographed with his father in 1938. Lord Bannerman spent his school holidays in Tiree with his grandfather and Aunt Flora at Ard Deas, Caoles. His daughter, Ray Michie, was Liberal MP for Argyll & Bute 1987-2001.
Dr Alexander Buchanan
Photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacKinnon
In 1860 Dr. Alexander Buchanan, a 25 year old surgeon newly qualified from Edinburgh, was appointed Tiree’s Medical Officer. He was given the tenancy of Baugh farm as a living by the Duke of Argyll.
He married Colina Campbell, daughter of the tenant of Balephetrish farm, and the couple had six children. From a farming background himself, he was no doubt helped in the running of his 160 acre farm by his wife’s family.
Dr Buchanan worked until his death in 1911 aged 75. It was said his patients would feel better at the sound of his oilskins rustling. On his death a monument was erected on Cnoc Eibrig in Baugh to a ‘Medical officer and loved and valued friend of the islanders’.
Black and white photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911.
Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911, Medical Officer for Tiree from 1860 to his death in 1911.
Hugh and Archibald Campbell in 1911
Photograph of Hugh and Archibald Campbell in 1911.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Brady
Hugh and Archibald Campbell were the sons of John Campbell from Garaphail in Cornaigmore and his wife, Flora MacEachern, a daughter of the blacksmith in Cornaigbeg. Hugh, on the left, became a chemist and worked in Port Glasgow.
His brother Archie, who was born in Johnstone in 1897, played as a full back for Norwich City Football Club, making his debut against Plymouth Argyle in August 1924. Captain of Norwich City’s Reserves, he played his final game for the ‘Canaries’ in 1928.
Archie worked for forty years at Laurence Scott & Electromotors, retiring as an assistant production manager. He died in 1987.
Black and white photograph of Hugh and Archie Campbell of Cornaigbeg.
L-R: Hugh and Archibald Campbell of Cornaigbeg in 1911. Archie (1897-1987) played as full back for Norwich City Football Club. (Original in Filing Cabinet 3 drawer 2)