Frank Anthony (Tony) Riley-Smith 1923 - 2010
Frank Anthony (Tony) Riley-Smith , of Tadcaster, Director (appt. Nov 1948), John Smith's Brewery. Of Tadcaster and of Ardfin Farm CRAIGHOUSE Isle of Jura "Warmed by the waters of the Gulf Stream, the 11,595-acre Ardfin estate on the mystical Inner Hebridean island of Jura, eight miles off the coast of Argyll, has been owned by successive generations of the Riley-Smith family from Yorkshire since 1938, when Charles Campbell, the last Laird of Jura, sold the island as several estates. Now, diverging family interests have prompted the sale of the island's premier farming and sporting estate, which includes seven small islands and 10 miles of coastline: Ardfin is on the market through Strutt & Parker (0131-226 2500) at `offers over £3.5 million' for the whole. At the heart of the estate stands imposing, Victorian Jura House, built by the Campbells in 1881, surrounded by 20 acres of famous gardens, grounds and woodland developed over 30 years by Ardfin's head gardener, a trained botanist. Built of dressed locally hewn stone under a pitched slate roof, Jura House, listed Category C by Historic Scotland, was conceived as a sporting lodge large enough to accommodate a tradi-tional house party. It has five fine reception rooms, and 16 bedrooms on four floors. In addition, the estate has seven more houses and cottages, and two courtyards of stone outbuildings with obvious development potential. Ardfin is famous for its large stags and prolific red-deer stalking, and has an average annual cull of 46 stags and 91 hinds, some weighing more than 20 stone. For sailors, there is a boathouse with a stone jetty and a permanent mooring, but only the most experienced should take to the water, for the sailing on the west coast and around the infamous Corryvreckan whirlpool to the north of Jura, is among the most challenging to be found anywhere in the UK. Source: www.countrylife.co.uk " At Eton (1939).
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Born: Tadcaster, Yorks., , England 18th Jan 1923 | Baptised:
| Died: 9th Aug 2010 | Buried:
| Family: Riley-Smith |
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