In Eccentric Wealth Alastair Scott traces the life of Lancashire industrialist Sir George Bullough in this absorbing biography which explores his familys connection with the Hebridean island of Rum particularly the building of Kinloch Castle the most intact preserve of Edwardian high-living to be found in Britain. Based on new information the book offers a fascinating insight into the life & times of one of the great eccentrics of his age including the Bullough myths & scandals which continue to make extraordinary reading more than a hundred years later.