Friday, July 26, 2013

Whose Scotland?



The Top 20 Landowners in Scotland: 

www.highlandclearances.co.uk/clearances/postclearances_whoownsscotland.htm


To put these figures into some perspective, the land area of the capital city (Edinburgh) is 64,500 acres.


OWNER
ACRES
Forestry Commission
1,600,000
Duke of Buccleuch
270,000
Scottish Executive - Rural Affairs
260,000
National Trust for Scotland
175,000
Alcan Highlands
135,000
Blair Charitable Trust (Private Trust)
130,000
Captain Alwyn Farquharson
125,000
Duchess of Westminster
120,000
Earl of Seafield
105,000
Crown Estate Commission (MOD)
100,000
Edmund Vestey
100,000
South Uist Estate Ltd.
92,000
Sir Donald Cameron
90,000
Countess of Sutherland
90,000
RSPB (52 estates)
87,000
Paul van Vlissengen
87,000
Scottish Natural Heritage
84,000
Robin Fleming
80,000
Hon. Chas Pearson
77,000
Lord Margadale
73,000

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