Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Sutherland; 24 May 1765 – 29 January 1839), also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish noblewoman who married into the Leveson-Gower family, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances.
1819 and 1820 represented the main clearance activity on the Sutherland Estate. The much smaller clearance in the spring of 1821 at Achness and Ascoilmore met with obstruction and the military had to be called in to carry out evictions by force. Complaints were made against the estate of cruelty and negligence, but an internal enquiry absolved ...
He succeeded as third Duke of Sutherland on 22 February 1861. The Duchess of Sutherland had succeeded to her father's lands in the year of her marriage. Together, they had five children: [5] George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower (1850–1858), who died young. [5] Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1851 ...
He was a major tenant of the Sutherland estate, and he continued an extensive correspondence with them over the details of his tenancy. Further clearances added to his property in 1819, but he was specifically forbidden to take any part in the clearance activity. [1]: 230-232 Sellar died in Elgin in 1851 and is buried in Elgin Cathedral.
This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet and settlements in Scotland, that were cleared during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Highland Clearances. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over more than a hundred years.
Lady Blanche Julia Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (26 June 1830 – 24 February 1832) [19] Lord Frederick George (11 November 1832 – 6 October 1854) Lady Constance Gertrude (16 June 1834 – 19 December 1880), married Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster [14] and had issue. Lady Victoria Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (16 May 1838 – 19 June 1839)
Lady Sutherland was not happy with the estate factor and, in 1811, replaced him with William Young and Patrick Sellar. [ b ] [ 3 ] : xvi–xxi Young had a proven track record of agricultural improvement in Moray and Sellar was a lawyer educated at the University of Edinburgh ; both were fully versed in the modern ideas of Adam Smith .
This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women: Mary Ambler (1805–1868) [1] Marian Anderson (1897–1993) [2] / [1] Nellie Bly (1864–1922) [1] Pearl S ...