Royal Ulster Yacht Club
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The Royal Ulster Yacht Club is located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the south shore of Belfast Lough.
Bangor's coastline.
Thomas Lipton
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Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet was a Scotsman of Ulster Scots parentage who was a self-made man, as company founder of Lipton Tea, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman who lost 5 America's
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
…warrant. The land for the clubhouse was purchased in 1897 and built by architect Vincent Craig (brother of the 1st Lord Craigavon). The boating grocer, Sir Thomas Lipton, being blackballed from the Royal Yacht Squadron, launched his America's Cup bid from the RUYC in 1898. Lipton continued to sail from the Royal Ulster…
Lipton in 1909
Lipton's Seat in Sri Lanka
Depiction of Lipton by Spy, 1901
Time cover, 3 Nov 1924