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DEWAR, Thomas Robert was born on January 9, 1864 in Perth, Scotland. 5th son of late John Dewar, Perth. He was exposed at a very young age to the spirit industry in Scotland as his father founded the John Dewar & Sons, Ltd.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...were fewer in number. The first evening here was uneventful, and the second commenced quietly, but ended uproariously at daybreak. A heavy thump on my chest brought me quickly from the land of dreams to find the grey dawn creeping in through my porthole, and a huge rat, which had made a landing-stage of my chest in jumping from the rafters of my cabin roof, scampering about my berth, frantically endeavouring to find an exit. All the enthusiasm of my younger days for 'ratting' came back with a flash, and springing out of the berth, I rolled up the sheet, and made a dive for him with it as he sat grinning in the corner. He was a bit too quick, and after a wriggle and a squeal he sprang to the floor. Then the fun began. Seizing a stick, I went for him round my cabin. He got into the saloon; I chased him round there, and up on to the deck where six or eight people were sleeping. I fell over one of these, rather disturbing the lower regions of another as I went down, and the rat put his foot in the mouth of another, so it was only a few seconds before all were awake, and joining in the chase. The light was better on deck, and we thought we had him, when he gave a tremendous spring, made a bee line for the hold, and landed on the face of one of the Celestial passengers, who awoke with a scream! In a second the whole colony were on their feet, and in the noise and confusion they made the rat effected his escape, or else died of fright, for we never saw him again, or at least we didn't recognise him, although almost similar hunts were of very frequent occurrence. It seemed that we were to have nothing else but experiences on this voyage, for just about the Torres Straits, where coral reefs are plentiful, the good ship--which shall be nameless--steered right into on...
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Title: A Ramble round the Globe ... With ... illustrations [including a portrait], etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Dewar, Thomas Robert Baron; 1894. xv. 316 p. ; 8º. 10025.cc.28.
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DEWAR, Thomas Robert was born on January 9, 1864 in Perth, Scotland. 5th son of late John Dewar, Perth. He was exposed at a very young age to the spirit industry in Scotland as his father founded the John Dewar & Sons, Ltd.
He earned his education in Perth, as well as in Edinburgh and he soon realised that farming was not his calling.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) St. George’s, Tower Hamlets, 1900-1906. Sheriff of City of London, 1897-1898. Justice of the Peace, D.L.; a Managing Director of John Dewar and Sons, Ltd., distillers, Perth, N.B., and London.
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Conservative.
Clubs: Carlton, Junior Carlton, Sports.
Great traveller; been in every part of the British Empire, all over the Continent, United States, Japan, etc. Twice round the world.