Rothney Castle - Revision history

Alejandro Daniele at 12:37, 3 July 2024

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	Rothney Castle was the home of [[A. O. Hume]], located on Jakko Hill in [[Simla, India]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]], [[H. S. Olcott]], and [[A. P. Sinnett]] visited there frequently.		'''Rothney Castle''' was the home of [[A. O. Hume]], located on Jakko Hill in [[Simla, India]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]], [[H. S. Olcott]], and [[A. P. Sinnett]] visited there frequently.
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			According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:
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			Rothney Castle, [[Allan Octavian Hume\|AOH's]] large home on Jakko Hill in [[Simla, India\|Simla]]. Reputed to have cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars to build in 1880. His large bird museum as connected with it. It was the frequent practice of Britishers in India to give their homes names, often after some mansion in England. According to a large map of Simla made in the 1870's most of the houses there had personal names.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 242.</ref>
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	Mr. Hume was a Secretary to the Government of India when he purchased the property. His lavish expenditures in expanding the castle may have been intended to make it attractive for the government to purchase as a residence for the Viceroy:		Mr. Hume was a Secretary to the Government of India when he purchased the property. His lavish expenditures in expanding the castle may have been intended to make it attractive for the government to purchase as a residence for the Viceroy:
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	But, possibly because ‘Rothney Castle’ can only be reached by a troublesome climb, any anticipations which Mr. Hume may have formed of the purchase of the building by Government were not realized, and Mr. Hume himself made little		But, possibly because ‘Rothney Castle’ can only be reached by a troublesome climb, any anticipations which Mr. Hume may have formed of the purchase of the building by Government were not realized, and Mr. Hume himself made little use of the larger rooms otherwise except that he converted one of them into a museum for his wonderful collection of birds, and for occasional dances.<ref>Edward J. Buck. ''Simla, Past and Present''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, 1904, pp. 116-122. An excerpt, "Madame Blavatsky in Simla," is available at [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/bucksimla.htm Blavatsky Study Center website].</ref>
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			Rothney Castle was the site where Madame Blavatsky performed several [[phenomena]]. Upon Hume's request, she located a lost [[Brooch (phenomenon)\|brooch]] that was buried under a bush, and a teacup that was needed for a picnic. The brooch incident was described in [[ML5\|Mahatma Letter Number 5]].
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			[[File:Jakko Hill by MG May 2006.jpg\|400px\|left\|thumb\|Jakko Hill, May 2006. Photo by Michael Gomes.]]

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[[Category:Places]]
[[File:Rothney Castle.jpg|270px|thumb|Rothney Castle]]
[[File:Rothney Castle road.jpg|270px|thumb|Road to Rothney Castle]]
According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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Rothney Castle, [[Allan Octavian Hume|AOH's]] large home on Jakko Hill in [[Simla, India|Simla]]. Reputed to have cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars to build in 1880. His large bird museum as connected with it. It was the frequent practice of Britishers in India to give their homes names, often after some mansion in England. According to a large map of Simla made in the 1870's most of the houses there had personal names.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 242.</ref>
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