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BULLOCH LADE & COMPANY HISTORY
Robertson left the company to found Robertson & Baxter Ltd.that same year.
The company purchased the Islay distillery of Caol Ila in 1863 following the sequestration
of Norman Buchanan, followed by another Islay distillery acquisition, Lossit, in 1867. The following year they built the Campbeltown Benmore distillery.
Alfred Barnard visited sometime between 1885 and 1887 describing the outside appearance as resembling “...a public building, rather than a manufactory of ‘Barley Bree’”. He also said the water used in the distillery came from a spring located inside the works rather than the specially constructed Crosshill Loch above the town.
In 1896 the company was part of a consortium of distilleries which established the Tamdhu distillery with William Grant.
Bulloch Lade & Co. was one of many Scotch whisky companies that did not survive for long
In 1817 John Bulloch, aged 68, a corn
dealer, opened the Dunochter distillery in Dumbartonshire, the forerunner to today’s Auchentoshan distillery. Unfortunately it was sequestrated in 1822 when his son Archibald took over with little more success than his father being repossessed again in 1826.
Undeterred, father and son came together once
more to form Bulloch & Co. in 1830 records showing they may have operated the Dunochter distillery again for a short time. In 1852, now run by John’s grandchildren Archibald and Mathew, they purchased the Lowland distillery Camlachie (later re-named Loch Katrine) and in 1855 merged with D. Lade & Co., in which Archibald had been a partner since 1853 and who had adjoining offices in Glasgow. The new company was named Bulloch Lade & Co. One of the reasons for this partnership was the loss felt by D. Lade & Co. when William
following World War 1. A combination of rising coal costs and barley and the introduction of Prohibition in
the US meant in 1920 the company was declared bankrupt, purchased by a consortium of producers, led by DCL, dividing the assets of the company between themselves.
By 1927 DCL had taken control of all former Bulloch Lade & Co. assets, finally purchasing the Caol Ila distillery from Robertson & Baxter, relicensing it back under Bulloch Lade & Co, but finally dissolved in 2007.
47. BULLOCH LADE SCOTCH WHISKY
ASHTRAY.
4.4ins diam. Accompanying
ashtray design to the
10/10
previous water jug lot. Quite a
rare piece? Shelly p.m.
46. BULLOCH LADE SCOTCH WHISKY JUG. 4.3ins tall. Very stylish/ period Art Deco type variating striped glaze design. Small spout chip - blow the other side image up on easylive. Shelly p.m. 8/10
48. BULLOCH LADE THE
PEDIGREE SCOTCH WHISKY
WATER JUG. 2.5 x 3.8ins rectangular
base. Bright yellow body, lettering to
the two long sides, pictorial highlander
below pouring lip.
Early Jas Green Nephew p.m. Some
corner edge wear. (7.8/10)
49. BULLOCH LADE THE PEDIGREE SCOTCH ASHTRAY.
3.2ins triangle. Triangular Accompanying ashtray to previous water jug lot. England base mark. Very good. (9.5/10)