Patrick Sellar

Patrick Sellar (1780 - 1851) was a Scottish lawyer and factor. He was hired as the Duke of Sutherland's factor in 1809 to assist with the "improvement" of the Duke's lands.

Sellar's tactics led to his standing trial at Inverness for culpable homicide after he presided over the burning of a croft in Strathnaver which still contained Margaret Mackay, an old woman who refused to leave. He was acquitted and subsequently became a successful sheep farmer and one of the largest landowners in the area around the lands he had cleared for the Duke.…more

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	Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton Smith 3.96 avg rating — 969 ratings — published 1968 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath 3.60 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1974 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600 - 1900 by T.M. Devine 4.04 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2018 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Highland Clearances by John Prebble 3.91 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 1963 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Highland Clearances by Eric Richards 3.77 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearances by James Hunter 4.21 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean by David Alston 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2021 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Other Side of Sorrow: Nature & People in the Scottish Highlands by James Hunter 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1995 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's Jaunt: George IV in Scotland, 1822 by John Prebble 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1988 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial of Patrick Sellar by Ian Grimble 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1962 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars