Malcolm, I'm very grateful for your correction --- my grandfather's account was obviously inaccurate. He never met his grandfather, and learnt of this episode in his life on a visit in 1909 to Tain and Ardcronie, Kincardine, where his grandfather had a farm on retirement from the army: "Our grandfather [James Mackenzie] was a man of note in his time, and left a good name behind him in the neighbourhood. He is remembered about Ardcronie as a soldier, and his command of the Militia at the evictions of the Duchess of Sutherland's crofters in Culrain, a few miles west [sic] of Ardcronie, was all the service he had [in the Militia]." (He fought at the battle of Vinegar Hill, in Ireland, in his earlier army career.) My grandfather met an old man of 96 who, when asked if he remembered the Adjutant, replied."Aye, well! I shaved him and prepared him for his burial." James died in 1844 aged 74. Could it be that all the ills were even then being heaped on the head of the Countess, and are there any accounts of the evictions at Culrain? Sara Cardiff, Wales ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: RE: [SUT] Sad > ********************************************************************** ******* > This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely > for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > ********************************************************************** ******* > > I am interested in the account of what I presume is about the 1820 riots - > but on the Munro estate of Culrain - not owned by the then Countess of > Sutherland. > > Unlike other landlords, the Countess did not turn out people without > offering them somewhere to go - whether they accepted is another matter. > > Malcolm > Dundee, Scotland