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