Indian Wealth and Agricultural Improvement in Northern Scotland. Issue 1 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grant, Eric; Mutch, Alistair
• Is Part Of: Journal of Scottish historical studies. Volume 35:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 44
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Scotland -- History -- Periodicals; 941.1005
• DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2015.0139
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-538X

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>General Patrick Duff and Dr Kenneth Murchison became friends in India and remained so on their return to Scotland. Their careers, as illustrated through their letters and other documents, give a vivid example of the making of fortunes by Scots of relatively humble origins in India and their conversion of that wealth into landed estates on their return to Scotland. Their combined history adds to our understanding of the role played by wealth generated in imperial service in the agricultural improvement of Scotland in the late eighteenth century. It also adds something of a counter to a focus on the more spectacular 'nabobs' of metropolitan discourse.</p> </abstract>