Scotland Magazine section Scottish Luxury

Having it all

CHARLES DOUGLAS LOOKS INTO THE RECENT HISTORY OF SKIBO CASTLE AND THE EXCLUSIVE CARNEGIE CLUB WITH ITS RENOWNED GOLF LINKS

It is the classic rags to riches story of all time. The Dunfermline weaver’s son returning triumphant to Scotland from America, where at the age of 13 he had started as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory in Pittsburgh. He was now a steel magnate and the richest man in the world, and he wanted to buy ...

By Charles Douglas from Issue 6 published on 6/2/2003