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Dugald Stuart

1817–85

Barrister. Eldest son of Sir John Stuart, vice-chancellor of the Court of Chancery. Inherited Courthill House and the estate of Lochcarron, Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1876. Sold the estate in 1882, after an unlawful attempt to evict tenants.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/34/47/31)

Grave monument, St John’s Church, Ballachulish, Argyll, Scotland (www.gravestonephotos.com, accessed 22 April 2016)

Mackenzie 1914, pp. 161–7

Bibliography

Mackenzie, Alexander. 1914. The history of the Highland clearances. 2d edition. Glasgow: P. J. O’Callaghan.

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