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4 unusual facts about John Talbot Clifton


John Talbot Clifton

They turned back in Mali but in 1928 he died in the Canary Islands on the way home.

In 1922 they bought and moved to live at Kildalton Castle on the Scottish island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides where his passion for shooting wildlife continued unabated.

After several more foreign expeditions he set off on a final journey to Timbuktu with his wife, but unfortunately fell ill en route.

Kildalton Castle

Kildalton was sold in 1922 to John Talbot Clifton, a well-to-do landowner from Lytham, Lancashire who was passionately fond of shooting and foreign travel.



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