NOW A PRIVATE.
DUKE WITH HIS OWN ARMY. The only man to own a private army in Britain is doing sentry-go as a Home Guard in Whitehall, says the “Daily Sketch.” Portly of figure, with greying-sandy moustache, a pair of searching blue eyes, he is John George StewartMurray, Duke of Atholl, BrigadierGeneral in the last war, holder of 13 Scottish titles, four English and one of the United Kingdom. Queen Victoria decreed to the Duke’s father the right to have his own army. The Atholl Highlanders—nucleuse of the Scottish Horse yeomanry, raised and commanded by the Duke in the South African War are his own soldiers, equipped and paid by him. The Duke, now in his 70th year, decided that after five major campaigns, lie would leave higher command to younger men.
So, in company with ex-ambassa-dors, an ex-Cabinet Minister, and other distinguished men, he does his two hours on and four hours off in the Home Guard.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 249, 2 August 1941, Page 6
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