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Jock Elliott
Filed under Art History, History of Christmas
“Advertising executive who built an empire and bought an island”
yes, it’s been a couple years since his death, but I’ve just been perusing the Sotheby’s catalog of his Christmas collection.
“His charm led him to buy the Fingal’s Cave island of Staffa for his wife Elly’s 60th birthday, then hand it over to the National Trust for Scotland.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1654463,00.html
Posted by Leslie, December 26th, 2007