John Ross

male
Royal Navy admiral, admiral, British, Naval Officer, British Royal Navy, HighlandClearances
John Ross was an admiral of the British Royal Navy. In 1762 he initiated land tenure reform which would later evolve into the Highland Clearances.
Fionn Maccolla

Fionn Maccolla

male
The Writers' Museum, The Saltire Society, The Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Highlands, Thomas Douglas MacDonald, Scottish Renaissance…HighlandClearances, highland
Fionn MacColla (Tom MacDonald) born Thomas Douglas MacDonald was a Scottish novelist closely connected to the Scottish Renaissance. Although he...

George Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland

male, deceased (1833)
Diplomatic peer, HighlandClearances, privy council, diplomat, order of the garter, member of the United Kingdom Parliament
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, KG, PC (9 January 1758 - 19 July 1833) was the son of the 1st Marquess of Stafford. He...

Edward Ellice

male, deceased (1880)
William Ewart Gladstone, Liberal Party, inverness, earl grey, Scottish politician, liberal…HighlandClearances
Edward Ellice (19 August 1810 - 2 August 1880), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was the eldest son of Edward Ellice, from his first...

Evan Fraser Of Balconie

male
Alexander Fraser, Laird, nineteenth century, HighlandClearances, Easter Ross, from Ross and Cromarty
Alexander Fraser (1759-c1838), the laird of Inchcoulter (aka Balconie) was an early nineteenth century landowner who founded the planned village of...