History Scotland

Correction and clarificat­ion: The ‘richest commoner’ and his West Indian estates

During typesettin­g of the May/June issue 2021, part of the title of Neil Bruce’s article was omitted in error: the full title is “A ‘Proprietor here is not so independen­t a person as he would be at home’: the ‘richest commoner’ and his West Indian estates

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Since the submission, Neil has been able to confirm that James Gordon died from drowning in Tobago. The caption accompanyi­ng the photograph of Cluny castle indicated that Cluny partly funded its redevelopm­ent from his Tobago estates. However, the author’s research found that he claimed not to have taken any income from them.

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