Obituary of George Gray, The Perthshire Advertiser, Perth, Tayside, Scotland, Weds., 31 Dec 1924, p. 3:
Death of Prominent Citizen
Mr. George Gray, Bowerswell
The death has occurred in his 96th year of Mr. George Gray, of Bowerswell, Perth one of the oldest and most respected citizens, and a member of a family well known in the city and county.
A son of the late Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, agent of the Royal Bank Perth, the deceased was born at Bowerswell, but in the house which occupied the site of the present mansion. He was educated at Perth academy and at Charterhouse, while he also studied in Germany for a time. After being trained in business methods in his father's office, Mr. Gray emigrated to Australia when about 20 years of age, and for a long number of years successfully engaged in cattle ranching in partnership with Colonel Neil, a retired Indian officer, and Mr. Aiken, a native of Cupar Fife, at Corowa, on the Murray River, in New South Wales. About 1876, however, he returned home, and had since lived at Bowerswell.
Though he took no prominent part in public affairs, Mr. Gray for many years interested himself in a practical but unostentatious manner with philanthropic and charitable agencies in the city. For a lengthy period he was a Director of Murray's Royal Asylum. When his father, who was one of the original Directors of the Dundee, Perth and Landon Shipping Company Ltd., died in 1877, Mr. Gray was elected to the Directorate.
A keep golfer in his prime, Mr. Gray was by a lengthy period the oldest member of the Perth Royal Golfing Society, of which his father was one of the originators, and the first secretary for about 30 years. Deceased was warmly interested in Kinnoull Parish Church, of which he was the oldest member.
Mr. Gray was a man of high culture, a great reader, a student of literature and art, and possessed a most retentive memory. As the brother of the late Lady Millais, he shared many of her artistic interests and associations. He was a brilliant conversationalist, modest in the extreme, but ready to bring things, new and old, out of the rich treasure of his experience. From time to time he visited London, and astonished his friends by his unfailing interest in the Art Galleries and theatres of the metropolis.
Bowerswell House has an interest to many outside Perth because of its association with John Ruskin, who was Lady Millais' first husband. Ruskin's family originally possessed Bowerswell before it was acquired by the family of Gray. Some of Sir John Millais' most famous pictures were associated with Bowerswell and the county of Perth, and the late Mr. Gray was proud of his connection with the brilliant artist.
Mr. Gray was unmarried. He is survived by two brothers – Sir Albert Gray, K.C., London, and Mr. Melville Gray, Bowerswell – and a sister Mrs. Stibbard, London, widow of Mr. George Stibbard, barrister. Sir Albert Gray, who was counsel to the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for about 20 years, retired a year ago, and was recently elected Mayor of Chelsea.
Contributor: Joan Stewart Smith (48837098)
Death of Prominent Citizen
Mr. George Gray, Bowerswell
The death has occurred in his 96th year of Mr. George Gray, of Bowerswell, Perth one of the oldest and most respected citizens, and a member of a family well known in the city and county.
A son of the late Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, agent of the Royal Bank Perth, the deceased was born at Bowerswell, but in the house which occupied the site of the present mansion. He was educated at Perth academy and at Charterhouse, while he also studied in Germany for a time. After being trained in business methods in his father's office, Mr. Gray emigrated to Australia when about 20 years of age, and for a long number of years successfully engaged in cattle ranching in partnership with Colonel Neil, a retired Indian officer, and Mr. Aiken, a native of Cupar Fife, at Corowa, on the Murray River, in New South Wales. About 1876, however, he returned home, and had since lived at Bowerswell.
Though he took no prominent part in public affairs, Mr. Gray for many years interested himself in a practical but unostentatious manner with philanthropic and charitable agencies in the city. For a lengthy period he was a Director of Murray's Royal Asylum. When his father, who was one of the original Directors of the Dundee, Perth and Landon Shipping Company Ltd., died in 1877, Mr. Gray was elected to the Directorate.
A keep golfer in his prime, Mr. Gray was by a lengthy period the oldest member of the Perth Royal Golfing Society, of which his father was one of the originators, and the first secretary for about 30 years. Deceased was warmly interested in Kinnoull Parish Church, of which he was the oldest member.
Mr. Gray was a man of high culture, a great reader, a student of literature and art, and possessed a most retentive memory. As the brother of the late Lady Millais, he shared many of her artistic interests and associations. He was a brilliant conversationalist, modest in the extreme, but ready to bring things, new and old, out of the rich treasure of his experience. From time to time he visited London, and astonished his friends by his unfailing interest in the Art Galleries and theatres of the metropolis.
Bowerswell House has an interest to many outside Perth because of its association with John Ruskin, who was Lady Millais' first husband. Ruskin's family originally possessed Bowerswell before it was acquired by the family of Gray. Some of Sir John Millais' most famous pictures were associated with Bowerswell and the county of Perth, and the late Mr. Gray was proud of his connection with the brilliant artist.
Mr. Gray was unmarried. He is survived by two brothers – Sir Albert Gray, K.C., London, and Mr. Melville Gray, Bowerswell – and a sister Mrs. Stibbard, London, widow of Mr. George Stibbard, barrister. Sir Albert Gray, who was counsel to the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for about 20 years, retired a year ago, and was recently elected Mayor of Chelsea.
Contributor: Joan Stewart Smith (48837098)
Obituary of George Gray, The Perthshire Advertiser, Perth, Tayside, Scotland, Weds., 31 Dec 1924, p. 3:
Death of Prominent Citizen
Mr. George Gray, Bowerswell
The death has occurred in his 96th year of Mr. George Gray, of Bowerswell, Perth one of the oldest and most respected citizens, and a member of a family well known in the city and county.
A son of the late Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, agent of the Royal Bank Perth, the deceased was born at Bowerswell, but in the house which occupied the site of the present mansion. He was educated at Perth academy and at Charterhouse, while he also studied in Germany for a time. After being trained in business methods in his father's office, Mr. Gray emigrated to Australia when about 20 years of age, and for a long number of years successfully engaged in cattle ranching in partnership with Colonel Neil, a retired Indian officer, and Mr. Aiken, a native of Cupar Fife, at Corowa, on the Murray River, in New South Wales. About 1876, however, he returned home, and had since lived at Bowerswell.
Though he took no prominent part in public affairs, Mr. Gray for many years interested himself in a practical but unostentatious manner with philanthropic and charitable agencies in the city. For a lengthy period he was a Director of Murray's Royal Asylum. When his father, who was one of the original Directors of the Dundee, Perth and Landon Shipping Company Ltd., died in 1877, Mr. Gray was elected to the Directorate.
A keep golfer in his prime, Mr. Gray was by a lengthy period the oldest member of the Perth Royal Golfing Society, of which his father was one of the originators, and the first secretary for about 30 years. Deceased was warmly interested in Kinnoull Parish Church, of which he was the oldest member.
Mr. Gray was a man of high culture, a great reader, a student of literature and art, and possessed a most retentive memory. As the brother of the late Lady Millais, he shared many of her artistic interests and associations. He was a brilliant conversationalist, modest in the extreme, but ready to bring things, new and old, out of the rich treasure of his experience. From time to time he visited London, and astonished his friends by his unfailing interest in the Art Galleries and theatres of the metropolis.
Bowerswell House has an interest to many outside Perth because of its association with John Ruskin, who was Lady Millais' first husband. Ruskin's family originally possessed Bowerswell before it was acquired by the family of Gray. Some of Sir John Millais' most famous pictures were associated with Bowerswell and the county of Perth, and the late Mr. Gray was proud of his connection with the brilliant artist.
Mr. Gray was unmarried. He is survived by two brothers – Sir Albert Gray, K.C., London, and Mr. Melville Gray, Bowerswell – and a sister Mrs. Stibbard, London, widow of Mr. George Stibbard, barrister. Sir Albert Gray, who was counsel to the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for about 20 years, retired a year ago, and was recently elected Mayor of Chelsea.
Contributor: Joan Stewart Smith (48837098)
Death of Prominent Citizen
Mr. George Gray, Bowerswell
The death has occurred in his 96th year of Mr. George Gray, of Bowerswell, Perth one of the oldest and most respected citizens, and a member of a family well known in the city and county.
A son of the late Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, agent of the Royal Bank Perth, the deceased was born at Bowerswell, but in the house which occupied the site of the present mansion. He was educated at Perth academy and at Charterhouse, while he also studied in Germany for a time. After being trained in business methods in his father's office, Mr. Gray emigrated to Australia when about 20 years of age, and for a long number of years successfully engaged in cattle ranching in partnership with Colonel Neil, a retired Indian officer, and Mr. Aiken, a native of Cupar Fife, at Corowa, on the Murray River, in New South Wales. About 1876, however, he returned home, and had since lived at Bowerswell.
Though he took no prominent part in public affairs, Mr. Gray for many years interested himself in a practical but unostentatious manner with philanthropic and charitable agencies in the city. For a lengthy period he was a Director of Murray's Royal Asylum. When his father, who was one of the original Directors of the Dundee, Perth and Landon Shipping Company Ltd., died in 1877, Mr. Gray was elected to the Directorate.
A keep golfer in his prime, Mr. Gray was by a lengthy period the oldest member of the Perth Royal Golfing Society, of which his father was one of the originators, and the first secretary for about 30 years. Deceased was warmly interested in Kinnoull Parish Church, of which he was the oldest member.
Mr. Gray was a man of high culture, a great reader, a student of literature and art, and possessed a most retentive memory. As the brother of the late Lady Millais, he shared many of her artistic interests and associations. He was a brilliant conversationalist, modest in the extreme, but ready to bring things, new and old, out of the rich treasure of his experience. From time to time he visited London, and astonished his friends by his unfailing interest in the Art Galleries and theatres of the metropolis.
Bowerswell House has an interest to many outside Perth because of its association with John Ruskin, who was Lady Millais' first husband. Ruskin's family originally possessed Bowerswell before it was acquired by the family of Gray. Some of Sir John Millais' most famous pictures were associated with Bowerswell and the county of Perth, and the late Mr. Gray was proud of his connection with the brilliant artist.
Mr. Gray was unmarried. He is survived by two brothers – Sir Albert Gray, K.C., London, and Mr. Melville Gray, Bowerswell – and a sister Mrs. Stibbard, London, widow of Mr. George Stibbard, barrister. Sir Albert Gray, who was counsel to the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for about 20 years, retired a year ago, and was recently elected Mayor of Chelsea.
Contributor: Joan Stewart Smith (48837098)
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