1762 INVERNESS William Duff of MUIRTOWN HOUSE to JOHN FORBES of CULLODEN house

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1762 INVERNESS William Duff of MUIRTOWN HOUSE to JOHN FORBES of CULLODEN house
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1762 INVERNESS William Duff of MUIRTOWN HOUSE to JOHN FORBES of CULLODEN HOUSE, An Interesting 4 page letter with regards to Fishing on the Ness, An attempt by Clerk Fraser to errect a Wheat Mill upon the West Bank, and various legal arguments concerning the lands of Kingsmiln and Bught, Inverness.
William (Duff) Duff Ist of Muirtown (1707 - 1782)
He is believed to have been the son of Alexander Duff, 3rd of Drummuir, Provost of Inverness, b. 1657, d. 22 Aug 1726 and Katherine d. Feb 1758
He had several children by his wife Mary Baillie
: Mary, Christening Date 26 Sep 1755, Inverness
John, Christening Date 05 Jul 1753, Inverness
Kathrine, Christening Date 07 Jan 1741, Inverness
Katherine, Christening Date 24 Dec 1748, Inverness
Unknown male Duff, Christening Date 03 Sep 1743, Inverness
Alexander, Christening Date May 1738, Inverness
Jean, Christening Date 21 Oct 1739, inverness.
Clan MacFarlane Genealogy also lists a Magdalen Duff, b. 2 Jul 1752, d. 22 Nov 1828[3] Her second husband was Andrew MacFarlane, Bishop of Moray and Ross
1746 Culloden was commandeered by Jacobite forces under the “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII. The estate was pillaged by the Jacobite forces before their devastating defeat in the 1746 Battle of Culloden. After the Battle, the British Parliament passed the 1747 Act of Proscription which banned the wearing of “highland clothing” and the 1747 Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act which eliminated the feudal authority the Clan Chieftains and reverted power to the Crown.
Unfortunately, Lord Forbes was not reimbursed by the British government for the troops he raised or for Culloden House being partially destroyed by fire. As a result, Duncan Forbes faced overwhelming debt and died the year after the Battle.
Fortunately, his son John Forbes, 6th Lord of Culloden, (1710-1772) had a head for business and a taste for whisky. John Forbes greatly expanded the Ferintosh distillery, added three more distilleries, produced about two-thirds of the whisky in the country by the late 1760s, and covered the debts accumulated by his father in support of the British monarchy.
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1762 INVERNESS William Duff of MUIRTOWN HOUSE to JOHN FORBES of CULLODEN HOUSE, An Interesting 4 page letter with regards to Fishing on the Ness, An attempt by Clerk Fraser to errect a Wheat Mill upon the West Bank, and various legal arguments concerning the lands of Kingsmiln and Bught, Inverness.William (Duff) Duff Ist of Muirtown (1707 - 1782) He is believed to have been the son of Alexander Duff, 3rd of Drummuir, Provost of Inverness, b. 1657, d. 22 Aug 1726 and Katherine d. Feb 1758 He had several children by his wife Mary Baillie: Mary, Christening Date 26 Sep 1755, Inverness John, Christening Date 05 Jul 1753, Inverness Kathrine, Christening Date 07 Jan 1741, Inverness Katherine, Christening Date 24 Dec 1748, Inverness Unknown male Duff, Christening Date 03 Sep 1743, Inverness Alex
Country
Scotland
Document Type
Manuscript letter
Era
1750-1799
EAN
Does Not apply