Friday, April 13, 2012

Who owns Britain - still the robber barons

The Top Ten British Individual Landowners 1875 and 1994

Top Ten Landowners, 1875

Owner - Acres
Duke of Sutherland 1,358,546
Duke of Buccleuch 459,108
Earl of Breadalbane 438,358
Sir Charles Ross 356,600
Earl of Seafield 305,930
Duke of Richmond 286,411
Duke of Fife 249,220
Alexander Mathieson 220,663
Duke of Atholl 201,640
Duke of Devonshire 198,493

Top 10 Individual Owners,1994
Owner - Acres
The Duke of Buccleuch 277,000
Prince of Wales/Duchy of Cornwall 141,000
Duke of Atholl 130,000
Captn Farquharson 120,500
The Earl of Seafield 101,000
The Duke of Westminster 95,100
The Duke of Northumberland 95,000
Countess of Sutherland 83,239
Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel 76,000
The Earl of Stair 43,674

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