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Visitors at Uig Lodge, 1897-98

by admin • 6 March 2011 • Archive photos, Featured Notes, Sporting Estates • 0 Comments

A fine collection of photographs from an 1897-98 album belonging to the family of William E Lawson, a London barrister who took Uig Lodge for those two seasons. The photos show Lawson with his dogs and other family entertainments, girls at the shieling, and the gamekeeper Roderick Mackenzie and his son Donald.
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Morsgail: the History of a Lewis Sporting Estate

by admin • 27 May 2010 • Fishing, History, Sporting Estates • 1 Comment

David SD Jones, author of a number of books and articles on gamekeeping and sporting estates, has produced a new history of Morsgail, the 14,000 acre estate extending from Kinlochroag […]
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Lot 18: Uig Crofters

by admin • 12 May 2010 • History, Land Issues, Sporting Estates • 1 Comment

[singlepic=1120,243] In 1923, Lord Leverhulme began to dispose of his Lewis estates, first offering to give the island to its inhabitants. Stornoway Town Council and Stornoway Trust accepted Lews Castle […]
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The Gamekeeper’s Family

by admin • 29 March 2009 • Archive photos, Sporting Estates • 0 Comments

New to us, a fine collection of pictures from the family of Roderick Mackenzie Sr, gamekeeper at Uig Lodge.
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