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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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 | 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 | ||
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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.
<brior, May 2006. Photo by Michael Gomes.]]
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.
According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:
Rothney Castle, AOH's large home on Jakko Hill in 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