The Highland Clearances
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Naismyth, John of Hamilton
(He prepared a report for the Society for the Improvement of Wool, circa 1790.)

Napier, Sir Charles
(He had a commission named after him and he had commissionners to look into the clearances.)

Nimmo, Robert, Sheriff-Substitute, Sutherland
(He succeeded MacKid as Sheriff-Substitute, circa 1815.)

Pagan and Witherspoon
(They owned a rotten ship called the Hector. In July 1773, 200 people from Ross boarded it at Ulappol on Loch Broom for probably Nova Scotia. The two ship owners owned land in the province. They saw a quick opportunity for quick profits in Highland Emigration.)

Pitmilly, Lord
(He was Lord of Commissionner of Justiciary, in 1816, in Inverness.)

Price, Bonamy
(Member of the committee to send highlanders to Australia. He was also a mathematic master at Rugby)

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