The Highland Clearances
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Macdonell, Aeneas, of Glengarry (P), 16th Chief, 143, 144, 273–5, 276
Macdonell, Father Alexander, 138
Macdonell, Alexander, of Keppoch (P), at Culloden, 12, 21
Macdonell, Alexander (CE), 278
MACDONELL, ALISTAIR RANALDSON, of Glengarry (P), 15th Chief, 139–44, 273, 277
Macdonell, Allan (CE), Knoydart, 277, 280, 282
Macdonell, Archibald Dhu (CE), Glengarry, resists, 140–41
Macdonell, Duncan, of Glengarry (P), 14th Chief, 137, 138
Macdonell, General Sir James, of Glengarry, 139, 143
Macdonell, Josephine, widow of 16th Chief, 274, 275–7, 279–80, 283
Macdonell, Marjory, wife of 14th Chief, 137–8
Macdougal, Alan (B), 142–3, 146
MacEachan, Donald (CE), 282
MacInnes, Alex. (CE), 270–71
Maclnnes, Donald (CE), 271–2
MacInnes, Donald, officer of Destitution Bd., 268–9
MacInnes, Neil (CE), Suishnish, 271
MacIsaacs, Alex. (CE), Knoydart, 284
MacIver, Evander (PA), 291
MacKaskill, John (CE), Sollas, 258–9
Mackay, Mr, Fiscal, 256
Mackay, Sup. Police, Inverness, 229
Mackay, Alexander (CE), tried, 1792, 44, 45, 122
Mackay, Angus (CE), 75, 78–9
Mackay, Annie, on Strathnaver, 85
Mackay, Bell (CE), Strathnaver, 110
Mackay, Betsy (CE), Strathnaver, 79
Mackay, Christy (CE), 289–90
Mackay, Donald (CE), a boy, 98
Mackay, Eric, 7th Lord Reay (P), estates, 55;
sells to Stafford, 151
Mackay, Henrietta (CE), 80
Mackay, Iain Ban (CE), 84, 109 fn.
Mackay, Janet (CE), Strathnaver, 80
Mackay, John (CE), 100
Mackay, John (CE), Achtoly, 289
Mackay, John (CE), Strathnaver, 81
Mackay, Capt. John, of Syre (TA), 77
Mackay, Capt. Kenneth, of Torboll (PS), 98 and fn.
Mackay, Malcolm (T), of Glencalvie, 210, 217
Mackay, Margaret (CE), eviction, 79–80, 89, 91, 92
Mackay, Philip, Sup. Police, 168
Mackay, Robt. (CE), 98, 110
Mackay, Wm. (CE), 95–6, 98
Mackay, Wm (CE), drowned, 110
Mackenzie, Alexander (s), 293–4
Mackenzie, Alexander, editor, 130 fn.
Mackenzie, Anna Hay, Marchioness of Stafford, 247, 293
Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart (P), of Coul, 17, 28–9
Mackenzie, Rev. David, minister in Strathnaver, 73–4, 78, 95, 101, 151, 153–4
Mackenzie, Rev. Hugh, Tongue, 165–6
Mackenzie, Hugh Breac (C), 44–5
Mackenzie, Kenneth (B), 187
Mackenzie, Peter, constable, 228, 237
Mackenzie, Wm. (S), 293–4
Mackenzie, Wm., law-agent for The Chisholm, 132–3, 160
MACKID, ROBERT, Sher.-Sub. Sutherland, 76; sympathies with middleman, 85–7;
collects evidence against Sellar, 89, 90, 92;
disgrace, 94.
Mentioned: 97, 119, 160, 290–91
Mackinnon, Catherine, ‘Aunty Kate’ (CE), 278, 281–2, 289
Mackinnon, Charles (CE), 278
Mackinnon, Rev. Norman, 177
MacLachlan, John (B), 179, 303
MacLachlan, Lachlan (P), 12
MacLauchlan, Rev. Thomas, 129, 200, 203
Maclean, Archibald (CE), Sollas, arrested, 258; tried, 262
MACLEOD, DONALD, of Geanies (P s) In the Year of the Sheep – his letters to Lord Advocate, 9–12, 34–7, 43;
land-owner, 10, 11, 28, 29, 32;
routs Men of Ross at Boath, 11, 12, 35–45
In Strath Oykel (Culrain 1820) – letters to Courier, 117, 126;
asks for military aid, 117, 123;
warns people against Dudgeon, 119;
Novar asks for his help, 122;
moves against people with police and militia, 123–7
. Mentioned, 60, 163, 182
MACLEOD, DONALD (CE), Strathnaver, stonemason and writer – on Young's first clearance, 63; on Gunns of Kildonan, 66–8;
birth and character, 70–71;
driven from Strathnaver, 71, 152–6;
on Strathnaver (1814), 79–80, 85;
on MacKid, 93;
on Strathnaver (1819), 97–8, 99–101, 151;
on Duchess-Countess, 151, 165–7;
summonsed for debt, 152–3;
on Stafford's funeral and monuments, 159–60, 162–3;
on famine in Sutherland,164–6;
on Keneabin, 167;
on Mulock, 241–2, 248;
on evictions in the Isles, 264–5, 266;
his pamphlets sent to Mrs Stowe, 289, 290;
exile in Canada, 301;
on Crimea,301–2.
Mentioned: 124 fn., 139 fn., 156, 235 fn., 245, 246
Macleod, Donald (E), 211
Macleod, John (CE), 169
Macleod, Rev. Doctor Norman, the elder, 164–5, 177, 179, 205
Macleod, Lt.-Col. Patrick, of Geanies, 123, 207–8
Macleod, Roderick (CE), 98–9
MacMhuirich, Angus (B), Mull, 251–2
MacNab, Archibald, of MacNab 17th Chief (P), 146
MacNeil, Gen. Roderick (P), 251
MacNeil, Roderick (CE), 266
MacNeill, Sir John, 201, 276, 280, 282
Macniven, revenue officer, 136
MacPhail, Calum Campbell (B), 299
MacPhail, Roderick (CE), 258, 262
MacPhee, Catherine (CE), S. Uist, 265
MacPhee, Ewen, 148–9
Macpherson, Wm., Sher. Off. in Strathcarron, 228, 236, 237
Macrae, Duncan (CE), 270–72
Macrae, Rev. Finlay, N. Uist, 253, 254, 256, 257, 261
Macrae, Rev. John, Knoydart, 285
Macrae, John (CE), 270–72
Macrae, John (B), Kintail, 19
Matheson, Donald, 126
Matheson, Sir James (P), of Achany, 176, 251
Matheson, John (CE), Farr, 128
‘MILES, a Highlander of Sutherland’, 87, 90
Miller, Hugh, 242, 267
Morrison, Peter (CE), Sollas, 259
Morrison, Wm. (CE), 82–3
MULOCK, THOMAS, journalist, 239, 240–42; in Glenelg, 243–4;
attacks Loch and Duke of Sutherland, 244–6, 247–8;
on Lord Macdonald's clearances, 254–5, 258, 261–2; 267–9
Munro, Alex, of Braelangwell (T), Strathcarron, 210, 217, 227–8, 230, 234, 235
Munro, Ann (CE), 233
Munro, David (CE), Culrain, 234
Munro, Donald, alias MacAddie (c) Strath Rusdale, 43
Munro, Donald, alias Roy (C), tried in 1792, 44, 45
Munro, George (CE), 99
Munro, Sir Hector (P), of Novar, 9, 10, 32, 38, 42, 46
Munro, Henney (CE), Strathnaver, 99
Munro, Sir Hugh (P), 37, 38, 41
Munro, Hugh (P), of Novar, 121
Munro, John (CE), Culrain, 121
Naismyth, John, 24–6
Napier, Sir Charles, 80 fn., 303
NEWSPAPERS: Dundas Warder (Canada), 267
Edinburgh Courant, 45
Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle, 71
Gentleman's Magazine, 49
Glasgow Constitutional, 205
Glasgow Herald, 229, 264
Glasgow National, 208
Inverness Advertiser, 239, 242–3, 245, 254, 261
Inverness Courier, Sher. Macleod's letters to, 117, 122, 126–7;
on Dudgeon, 112, 113, 118, 119, 126–7;
on Culrain, 127, 128–9;
on illicit distilling, 136;
on Glengarry, 144–5;
shooting rentals, 146–7;
on Ewen MacPhee, 149;
on cholera, 158;
Sutherland's memorial, 162;
on Keneabin, 167, 168;
on Balchladdich, 169;
on Potato Famine (1846), 171, 173, 174–5, 176–7, 180;
on Food Riots, 181, 182, 184, 185;
on emigration, 192–3, 200, 201;
on Glencalvie, 210, 224;
on Greenyards, 230–31, 235;
on evictions in the Isles, 243, 256–61 passim;
Sutherland's letter to, 244;
on Queen's visit, 246–7
on Aeneas of Glengarry, 274;
on Knoydart, 276, 279, 285;
on Coigach, 293
Inverness Journal, 142, 144, 190–91
London Evening Courier, 126
Military Register, 87–90, 167
North British Mail, 297
Northern Ensign, 226, 234–7, 270, 282–3, 289, 300–301
Scotsman, 94, 172
Times, on Improvements, 155, 304;
on an emigrant ship, 196–7;
on Glencalvie, 210–11, 218–22, 224;
on destitution, 222–3
Witness, 200, 258
Nimmo, Robt., Sher. Sub., Sutherland, 119, 128
Northern Association of Gentlemen Farmers and Breeders of Sheep, 60
Pagan and Witherspoon, 188, 191
Pitmilly, Lord, 90, 92
Poor Laws, 199, 200, 220; Board of Supervision, 200–201, 277, 282–3;
Parish Relief, 272, 273, 274, 282, 283, 284
Population, Highlands, 155, 187, 190, 199, 299; Isles, 248–9, 252
POTATO, 171–2, 173, 185; Famine of 1846, 171–4, 174–8, 180–15, 269, 275
Price, Bonamy, 205–6
REGIMENTS: Regular: Coldstream Guards, 118
1st (Royal Scots), 303
4th (Barrell's), 147
7th, 180
13th (Pulteney's), 12, 268, 269
21st, 107
27th (Inniskillen Foot), 183–5
41st, 128
42nd (Black Watch, Royal Highlanders, 9–10, 11, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 43–5, 108, 122 fn., 209, 225, 296 fn., 298
53rd, 168,169
73rd, 208
76th, 180, 181–2, 184
78th, 122 and fn., 209, 297
79th, 148, 297, 299
87th, 172
93rd, 57–8, 75, 167, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302–3
97th (Strathspey Regt.), 297
Fencible and Militia: Easter Ross, 10,123,124–5,127
Glengarry Fencibles, 139,140
Grant Fencibles, 297
Lochaber Fencibles, 148
Reay Fencibles, 84
Sutherland Fencibles, 67, 299
RELIGION: Church of Scotland: minister's support for landlords, 63, 67, 88, 101–2, 125–6, 165–6;
disruption of, 167, 216;
Free Church: in Glencalvie, 217, 220;
members persecuted by landlords, 222;
opposition to clearances, 224, 291–2;
at Sollas, 252–3;
Mrs Stowe on, 291, 292;
Catholic: 137, 275
Removals, see under CLEARANCES
Rennie, advocate, 271–2
RIOTS: Balchladdich, 169; Battle of the Braes, 303;
Coigach, 292–4;
Culrain, 117–28;
Durness, 167–9;
Greenyards, 225–38;
Gruids, 127–8;
Kildonan (1813) 65–8;
Sollas, 251–64
Food Riots: Avoch, 180; Banff, 181;
Burghead, 180;
Evanton, 180;
Huntly, 180;
Invergordon, 183–5;
Inverness, 172;
Macduff, 181;
Wick, 181–2
Robertson, Major Charles, 7th Laird of Kindeace (P), 212, 226, 231
Robertson, Donald (AS), 134–5
Robertson, Flora (CE), 272–3
Robertson, John, 208–9, 211–12, 217
Robertson, Patrick, advocate, 91
Robertson, Wm. 1st Laird of Kindeace (P), 209
Robertson, Wm. 6th Laird of Kindeace (P), 38, 209, 212, 213, 217
Robertson, Wm. (S), 178
Robson, Mr, sheepman, 25, 55
Rose, Rev. Mr, Tain, 247
Ross, Mr, of Pitcalnie (P), 224–5
Ross, Alexander, alias Greusaich (CE), Glencalvie, 211, 213, 217,219
Ross, Ann, spinster (CE), 232
Ross, Ann, alias Taylor (CE), 231, 236, 237–8, 263
Ross, Catherine (CE), 233
Ross, Christy (CE), 231, 234
Ross, Charles, advocate, 44
Ross, Sir Charles (P), 39, 60
Ross, David, factor (A), 178
Ross, David, alias Greusaich Senior (CE), 211, 213, 217, 219, 222
Ross, David, alias Greusaich Junior, (CE), 211, 213, 217, 219, 222
Ross, Donald (CE), 233–4
Ross, Donald (CE), a boy, 234
Ross, Donald (c), Dounie, 11
ROSS, DONALD, lawyer and journalist of Glasgow, called to Strathcarron, 226–7, 230;
on first deforcement, 228–9;
gathers account of ‘Slaughter in Strathcarron’, 229–38;
on Boreraig and Suishnish, 270, 272–3;
on Knoydart, 275–82;
writes to Mrs Stowe, 288–9;
on ‘more fruits of the Loch Policy’, 297, 299–301
Ross, Elizabeth (CE), 232
Ross, George (CE), 11
Ross, George (CE), a boy, 234
Ross, Grace (CE), 233
Ross, Helen (CE), 233
Ross, Hugh (CE), 211, 220
Ross, Hugh, Fiscal, 76, 86, 89
Ross, Janet (CE), 232
Ross, John (CE), 121, 127
Ross, John, alias Davidson (C), arrested in 1792, 43
Ross, Vice-admiral Sir John Lockhart of Balnagowan (P), 23–4, 29, 31
Ross, Malcolm (C), 44, 45
Ross, Margaret (CE), 232, 234
Ross, Margaret (CE), arrested Strathcarron, 231, 234
Ross, Margaret Macgregor (CE), died of wounds, 232, 238
Ross, Naomi (CE), 233
Ross, Peter alias Bain (CE), jailed, 236, 237, 238, 263
Ross, Wm. alias Greusaich (CE), Strathcarron, and wife, 232–3
Ross, Wm., a Piper, 11
Ross, Wm. (CE), Gledfield, 11
ROSS-SHIRE SHEEP RIOTS: Sheriff Macleod's dispatches on, 9–12;
assault on Camerons, 32–3;
sheep drive begun, 34–5;
Macleod summons gentry, asks for soldiers, 35–6, 39–41;
David Stewart on, 35, 41–2, 44;
gentry and soldiers advance on Boath, 42–3;
trial and escape of prisoners, 44–5,
Mentioned: 66, 108, 117, 121, 122, 123, 184 fn., 207, 209, 227
Rush, Richard, U.S. Envoy, 53–4
SAGE, DONALD, minister at Achness, 95–8; returns to Strathnaver, 100–101;
on Kildonan evictions, 102.
His Memorabilia, 95, 97, 100
Scarlett, James, 1st Baron Abinger (P), Glengarry, 273
SCOTS TOPOGRAPHY (*see also Clearances)
Aberdeen, 30, 120, 181
Achmilidh, 99
Achnacarry, 148
Achnagart, 121, 127
Achness, 73, 75, 76, 77, 94–7, 101–2
Achphris, 82
Airor, 277, 279, 282
Altnaharra, 75, 76, 95, 98, 100, 156
Ardgay, 123, 125, 126, 208, 219, 227, 228, 304
Ardnamurchan, 256
Argyllshire, 24, 29, 163, 248, 296, 297
Arisaig, 19, 185, 250, 256
Armadale (Skye), 252, 256, 257, 261
Armadale (Sutherland), 60, 103
*Assynt, 159, 160, 162
Avoch, 180
Badenloch, 101, 103
Ballintraid, 184
Banff, 181
Balnagowan, 23, 32, 224
*Barra, 179, 248, 251
Beauly, 39,41
Beauly Firth, 34
Beinn Dubhain (Skye), 102 Bhuidhe (Skye), 269
Ben Bhraggie, 49, 51, 162<
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Blaven, 267
Griam, 76, 77, 93, 96
Klibreck, 75, 95 Wyviss, 11
*Benbecula, 250, 264
Berneray, 268
Bettyhill, 100, 155
Black Isle, 175, 180, 210
Black Water, 208, 212, 213, 214
Boath, 12, 41, 42,43
Bodach Mor, 207, 227
Bonar Bridge, 105, 222, 227
Borrobol, 68, 103
Brora, 62, 63, 105,106
Burghead, 58, 60, 95 fn., 105
Caithness, 26, 59, 60, 65, 94, 97, 100, 102, 128, 154, 163, 171, 173, 181
Campbeltown, 264, 270
Carron, R., 207, 208, 213, 214, 215, 220, 226, 227, 231, 233
Ceann-na-Coille (Strathnaver), 83, 99
Ceann-na-Coille (Kildonan), 115
* Clyne, 159, 207
Comar, 130, 131, 136
Creich, 34, 98
Croick, 208, 217, 218, 225
Cromarty Firth, 9, 26, 31, 32, 40, 180, 183, 209, 300
Curnachy, 74
*Culrain, 121, 123, 125, 127–8
Dalmalaran, 82
Dalvina, 75, 82
Dingwall, 10, 11, 12, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 117, 125, 127, 208, 225, 229
*Dornoch, 62, 89, 93, 105, 128, 159, 160, 161, 162, 168, 169, 225
Dornoch Firth 62, 89, 105, 128, 159, 160, 161, 162, 168, 169, 225
Doune, 277, 285
Dunrobin (and Castle), 53, 55, 62, 63, 66, 67, 70, 83, 95, 97, 151, 152, 155, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167, 245–6, 247, 287, 288, 289, 295, 301
Dunskellar, 253, 259
Dunvedin, 74, 76
*Durness, 167, 169
Edderton, 222
Edinburgh, 9, 17, 27, 31, 33, 40, 69, 90, 121, 139, 145, 152, 155, 156, 157, 176, 242, 275, 277, 278, 279
Eigg, 256
Elgin, 180
Evanton, 180, 185
Falkirk, 17, 144
*Farr, 88, 95, 101, 105, 114, 152, 162, 299
Fort George, 9, 31, 35, 36, 40, 46, 123, 128, 183
Fort William, 131, 140, 143, 174, 189, 191, 195, 225, 229
Glasgow, 21, 148, 157, 176, 195, 225, 256, 265, 270, 272, 273, 279, 281
Gledfield, 11, 227, 230, 233
Glen Achany, 35 Affric, 131, 134, 136
Cannich, 133, 136
*Glencalvie, 207, 214, 222–3, 226
Glendessary, 148
* Glenelg, 175, 277, 283–4
* Glengarry, 138, 144, 147, 175, 274
Glenkingle, 148
* Glenquoich, 132, 273
Glenshiel, 227
Glenstrathfarrar, 134
* Golspie, 62, 66, 67, 73, 74, 86 fn., 118, 247, 300, 301
Greenock, 20, 41, 189, 195, 204
* Greenyards, 11, 207, 214, 225, 227