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Angus McRae

In this interview with Angus McRae, minister of Glen Urquhart, he mentions the character of the laird of Glenmoriston

 

Statement of the Rev. ANGUS M'RAE, Free Church Minister, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire.

FREE CHURCH MANSE OF GLEN URQUHART,
INVERNESS-SHIRE, 2nd November 1883.

I beg to submit to the Royal Commission that there has been a decrease of the population of this parish during the last  ‘census decade’ of 342 in a population of 2438, which I ascribe principally to our large deer forests. The late laird of Glenmoriston, who was one of the kindest and most humane of the proprietors in the north, erred latterly in adopting the system of turning farms into deer forests ; but it is to be hoped that the young heir will reverse this system as soon as he gets full possession of the estate.