{"id":28447,"date":"2021-08-06T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/?p=28447"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:35:48","slug":"lieutenant-john-guille-millais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/?p=28447","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant John Guille Millais"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ background_color=”#1C3377″ custom_padding=”11px|0px|33px|0px|false|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow2″ bottom_divider_height=”32px” saved_tabs=”all” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ custom_padding=”||9px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”50px” header_line_height=”1.2em” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_font_size=”27px” header_2_letter_spacing=”2px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.7em” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]

LIEUTENANT JOHN GUILLE MILLAIS<\/h1>\n

HIS LIFE AND THE HIGHLANDERS<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||18px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”2em” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

WHO WAS JOHN GUILLE MILLAIS?<\/h3>\n

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Born in 1865 in Perth, Scotland, John Guille Millais was the seventh child of the Pre-Raphaelite painter, John Everett Millais<\/a> and his wife Euphemia \u2018Effie\u2019 Gray<\/a>. Described as an artist, naturalist, gardener, travel writer, and big game hunter, Millais was also a keen traveller, having mapped large areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=”PORTRAIT OF J G MILLAIS” image=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lieutenant-J-G-Millais-Seaforth-Highlanders-painted-by-his-father-John-Everett-Millais-in-1890-1-1.jpg” alt=”Lieutenant J G Millais, Seaforth Highlanders painted by his father, John Everett Millais in 1890 (1)” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_letter_spacing=”1px” header_line_height=”1.5em” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

A portrait of John Guille Millais by his father, John Everett Millais, painted in 1890. Image courtesy of the book \u2018Millais \u2013 Three Generations in Nature, Art and Sport\u2019 by J N P Watson.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#e5e5e5″ custom_padding=”27px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Census-1911.jpg” alt=”Census 1911″ title_text=”Census 1911″ show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”2em” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

THE 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Millais began his career in the 1st Seaforth Highlanders in 1886. Passionate about seeing the world, he hoped the military would offer the opportunity to travel and explore. Prior to Millais\u2019 enlistment in the army, the 2nd Battalion Seaforths had been despatched to India and Egypt, taking part in prominent battles such as Tel-El-Kebir<\/a> in 1882. As it happened, Millais joined during a particularly uneventful period in the regiment\u2019s history. From 1886 – 1888, the 1st Seaforths were stationed in Edinburgh; the next year they were in Glasgow, and they spent 1889 \u2013 1895 in various locations throughout Ireland. Having served for six years, Millais retired from the Seaforths in 1892.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||18px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”2em” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

WWI<\/h3>\n

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In the Great War, Millais re-joined the military as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves. The War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1918 shows that Millais was involved in intelligence, and the Navy List for January 1919 shows that he had served as a temporary Lieutenant-Commander since 1915.<\/p>\n

In his later autobiography \u2018Wanderings and Memories\u2019 he explains that he was part of the Royal Navy\u2019s secret service and was stationed in Norway and Iceland. The Germans nearly caught Millais in December 1917, but he managed to escape with the assistance of a Norwegian harbour master, and returned to Britain.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Military-Record-for-J-G-Millais.jpg” alt=”Military Record for J G Millais” title_text=”Military Record for J G Millais” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#e5e5e5″ custom_padding=”27px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”2em” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

THE ADVENTURES OF MILLAIS<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Millais was a renowned ornithologist who published multiple books on bords and natural history, with a focus on wildfowl and game birds. His dedication to the study of birds was almost unrivalled at the time. In the book \u2018Raoul Millais: his life and work his son\u2019 by Duff Hart Davis about Millais\u2019 son, he remembers that John Guille Millais\u2019 \u201cpower of concentration was such that once he took up a subject he never left it until he knew more about it than anyone in the World\u201d.<\/p>\n

His desire to travel was eventually realised. He travelled extensively across Europe, Africa and North America, including the Canada and Newfoundland. As well as mapping areas of South Sudan, he also contributed to mapping uncharted areas of Alaska.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Carrion-by-J-G-Millais-and-J-S-Steel.jpg” alt=”‘Carrion’ by J G Millais and J S Steel, date unknown, image courtesy of Perth & Kinross Council and Art UK” title_text=”‘Carrion’ by J G Millais and J S Steel, date unknown, image courtesy of Perth & Kinross Council and Art UK” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”27px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”2em” header_3_font_size=”27px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_3_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Despite his numerous achievements, Millais is perhaps best known as the son of the renowned Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. Everett Millais was the youngest student to ever join the Royal Academy, admitted at the age of 11 in 1840. The esteemed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood<\/a> was founded in his home, and had completed his most famous painting, \u2018Ophelia\u2019 by 1852.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ophelia-by-John-Everett-Millais.jpg” alt=”‘Ophelia’ by John Everett Millais, 1851-2, image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons Public Domain” title_text=”‘Ophelia’ by John Everett Millais, 1851-2, image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons Public Domain” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.10.6″ background_color=”#1C3377″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”40px|0px|40px|0px|true|false” top_divider_style=”arrow2″ top_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” top_divider_height=”32px” bottom_divider_height=”32px” saved_tabs=”all” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.6″ custom_padding=”25px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”55px” header_line_height=”1.3em” header_2_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_font_size=”35px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1.2px” header_3_line_height=”1.7em” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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