Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920 : Aristocratic Decline, Estate Management and Land Reform.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One 'The condition of its peasantry is wonderfully higher in every respect': The Sutherland Estate, 1850-701 -- Chapter Two 'A failure in every sense of the word': The Sutherland Reclamations, 1869-93 -- Chapter Three 'Agitation amounting to legalised coercion': The Sutherland Estate 1880-61 -- Chapter Four 'Gladstone has much to answer for': The Sutherland Estate, 1886-961 -- Chapter Five 'Unstained were the diadems Cromarty wore': The Sutherland Estate, 1897-19201 -- Chapter Six 'Let them understand that they must submit to rule': Clashmore and the Sutherland Estate, 1850-19091 -- Conclusion: 'Neither forgotten norforgiven' -- Appendix The Sutherland Estate Management, 1812-1920 -- Bibliography -- Index.

From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of World War I, the Sutherland Estate was the largest landed estate in western Europe; at 1.1 million acres, the ducal family owned almost the entire county of Sutherland as well as a further 30,000 acres in England. The estate was owned by the dukes of Sutherland, who were among the richest patrician landowners of the period; from the early nineteenth century, however, the family were shadowed by their reputation as great clearance landlords, something that would come back to haunt them throughout the coming decades.

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