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Apr 17, 2020 · William Smith was born in 1870 in Kellas, Moray Firth, Scotland towards the end of the Golden Age of the British Empire. William was born on a farm; the third of five children. His family was considered ‘poor’.
William Kellie Smith visited Britain to see his wife and son and then proceeded to Portugal from where he was ordering a lift to install in the Castle, which would have been the first elevator in Malaya.
Nov 4, 2022 · Built in 1910, the mansion was the residence of one William Kellie-Smith, a Scottish man who made a fortune as a plantation owner in Malaya.
Kellie's Castle (sometimes also called Kellie's Folly) is a castle located in Batu Gajah, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. The unfinished, ruined mansion, was built by a Scottish planter named William Kellie-Smith. According to differing accounts, it was either a gift for his wife or a home for his son.
Feb 4, 2020 · Kellie’s Castle was built in 1915 by William Kellie Smith, a Scotsman. Mention the word castle, and you’d be forgiven for thinking of magnificent castles dotting the European countryside. Members...
Jul 8, 2013 · William Smith was born on 1st March 1870 to a poor farm family near Dallas in Moray Firth, Scotland. He was the third of 5 children. At the age of 20, William decided to go overseas to seek better opportunities in order to escape from the throes of poverty.
A BOOK paying tribute to William Kellie-Smith of Kellie’s Castle in Batu Gajah, Perak, will be published in four languages.
