World War I he was appointed a superintendent with the Remount Department with the rank of major. For his services to his country, George Bullough was created a baronet "of the island of Rùm and of Down House in the parish of Redmarley in the County of Worcester" on 21 January 1916. Thoroughbred horse racing An avid sportsman, Sir George Bullough had a lifelong interest in horses. Interested in Thoroughbred racing, he eventually became a member of the National Hunt Committee and a member of the Jockey Club. He developed a significant racing stable that had its first major success in steeplechase with Ballymacad which won the 1917 War National, ran at Gatwick racecourse in place of the Grand National. Investing in flat racing Thoroughbreds, his Irish-bred colt Golden Myth won several important English races including the 1922 Ascot Gold Cup and Eclipse Stakes. When Golden Myth retired to stud, Bullough teamed up with prominent trainer John L. Jarvis to establish Longholes Stud near Newmarket. In 1934, they won an English Classic when Campanula captured the 1,000 Guineas. Death Sir George Bullough died in 1939 while playing golf in France. He was buried alongside his father John Bullough in the family mausoleum at Harris on the west coast of Rùm. References Further reading External links George Bullough on Kinloch Castle Friends Association website Kinloch Castle and Sir George Bullough Sir George Bullough at the United Kingdom's National Horseracing museum 1870 births 1939 deaths Imperial Yeomanry officers British Army personnel of World War I British racehorse owners and breeders Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor Masters of foxhounds in England People educated at Harrow School People from Accrington Rùm