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Description:Chapters: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, Malcolm Ross, Michael Herries, Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright, Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thomas Douglas (June 20, 1771 April 8, 1820) was the 5th Earl of Selkirk, born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony. Thomas Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk, and Helen Hamilton. As he had not expected to inherit the family estate, he went to the University of Edinburgh to study to become a lawyer. While there, he noticed poor Scottish crofters who were being displaced by their landlords. Seeing their plight, he investigated ways he could help them find new land in the then British colonies. After his father's death in 1799, Douglas, the last surviving son (two brothers died in infancy, two died of tuberculosis and two died of yellow fever), became the 5th Earl of Selkirk. He established the Red River Colony in 1811 and brought dozens of families from the highlands of Scotland to transform the land at Red River into a farming colony.He helped poor people. When Thomas unexpectedly inherited the estate, he used his money and political connections to purchase land and settle poor Scottish farmers in Belfast, Prince Edward Island in 1803 and Upper Canada in 1804. He traveled extensively in North America, and his approach and work gained him some fame; in 1807 he was named Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright District in Scotland, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London. Landing of the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23770We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart. To get started finding Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, Malcolm Ross, Michael Herries, Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright, Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thomas Douglas (June 20, 1771 April 8, 1820) was the 5th Earl of Selkirk, born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony. Thomas Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk, and Helen Hamilton. As he had not expected to inherit the family estate, he went to the University of Edinburgh to study to become a lawyer. While there, he noticed poor Scottish crofters who were being displaced by their landlords. Seeing their plight, he investigated ways he could help them find new land in the then British colonies. After his father's death in 1799, Douglas, the last surviving son (two brothers died in infancy, two died of tuberculosis and two died of yellow fever), became the 5th Earl of Selkirk. He established the Red River Colony in 1811 and brought dozens of families from the highlands of Scotland to transform the land at Red River into a farming colony.He helped poor people. When Thomas unexpectedly inherited the estate, he used his money and political connections to purchase land and settle poor Scottish farmers in Belfast, Prince Edward Island in 1803 and Upper Canada in 1804. He traveled extensively in North America, and his approach and work gained him some fame; in 1807 he was named Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright District in Scotland, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London. Landing of the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23770We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart. To get started finding Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, John Stewart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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