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Patrick Sellar Patrick Sellar became a totemic figure in Scottish history, a figure of vilification, the strength of which has shown extraordinary stamina into the late twentieth century. His enduring infamy into the present is remarkable []. In the literature of the Highland clearances, Sellars name is used to evoke images of extirpation ...
Patrick Sellar was born and brought up in Elgin. His father was a lawyer, and Patrick followed in his footsteps. Some time around 1810 he was employed by Elizabeth Sutherland, the 19th Countess of Sutherland, and her husband, the 2nd Marquess of Stafford to be the factor, or manager, of their estates in Sutherland.
26 de oct. de 2023 · Patrick Sellar (1780–1851) was a Scottish lawyer, factor and sheep farmer. In 1811, he was employed as factor by the Sutherland Estate in a joint (but subordinate) position with William Young. The estate had started some clearances, integral to their programme of agricultural improvements.
Partager par e-mail. Patrick Sellar became a totemic figure in Scottish history, a figure of vilification, the strength of which has shown extraordinary stamina into the late twentieth century. His enduring infamy into the present is remarkable […]. In the literature of the Highland clearances, Sellar’s name is used to evoke images of ...
Patrick Sellar Patrick Sellar became a totemic figure in Scottish history, a figure of vilification, the strength of which has shown extraordinary stamina into the late twentieth century. His enduring infamy into the present is remarkable […]. In the literature of the Highland clearances, Sellar’s name is used to
Patrick Sellar Name : Sellar; Born : 1780; Died : 1851; Category : Infamous Scots; Finest Moment : None 'For many years mothers would frighten young children with his name'. The story of the Highland Clearances is writ on the stones for all to see; slowly reducing mounds of what were once houses, emptied of their inhabitants almost 200 hundred years ago for a fast profit.
