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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.

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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.

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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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