John Malcolm Bulloch

John Malcolm Bulloch (1867–1938) was a Scottish journalist and magazine editor, known also as a genealogist, and a literary and theatre critic.

in 1888;[3] and began his career as a journalist on the Aberdeen Free Press, aged 22, making an early reputation for vers de société and antiquarian research.

[1][5][7] Moving to London in 1893, Bulloch had an Aberdeen send-off in the form of a smoking concert at Mann's Hotel.

[7] During his early days in London he lodged with a group of Scots, including his brother William who was a medical colleague of Arthur Keith, a friend of the family; the brothers' maternal uncle "Malcy", an architect; and two journalists, William Andrew MacKenzie (1870–1942), recommended in 1895 as a poet by John Davidson to John Lane, and J. G. George.

[15][16] William Ingram, a proponent of Melton Prior and Frederic Villiers, made public criticism of Shorter's choice of artists in 1899.

[19] Bulloch succeeded Comyns Beaumont, who called him "a stumpy, gnarled, thick-set son of Caledonia", a "crusted Tory", and "one of the least-fitted men" to edit it.

[31] In 1924 Bulloch became literary critic for Allied Newspapers Ltd.[32] He wrote between 500 and 600 book reviews annually.

[34] The Oxford Companion to Scottish History mentions Bulloch's contribution to the understanding of relations between Scotland and central Europe.

[35] In 1921 Bulloch was a founder member of the Society for Army Historical Research, and was active on their Council and Publications Committee, as well as writing articles for their Journal.

[36] He was one of a group of experts on Scottish military history and dress, that included also William Skeoch Cumming and Iain Hamilton MacKay Scobie.