1752

14th May 1752 - The Red Fox, Colin Campbell of Glenure, murdered in Lettermore, Duror
triggering massive man hunt, mistrial of Allan Stewart, and the repercussions of these whole circumstances.

In 1752 the Newland Company, a firm of Lancashire iron manufactures comprising of Richard Ford and his son William and James Backhouse, all of Lancashire, and Micha Knott of Ryedale in Westmoreland, signed a contract worth £1,500 over ten years with Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell for his woods. The
company hoped that by establishing a furnace at Bonawe, and exploiting this supply of cheap timber, they could overcome competition within Furness.1

EXTERNAL REFERENCE: Bonawe Furnace
Scottish Record Office: 1752 GD1/168/13
Contract dated at Inveraray 13 September 1752 between Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell on the one part and Richard Ford of Grizedale, Lancashire, and others, Ironmasters on the other part relative to the erection of furnaces and forges at or near Bonaw in Argyllshire for which purpose Sir Duncan sells to them all the wood and underwood on certain lands and farms in the parishes of Innishail and Muckairn and elsewhere
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD1%2f168%2f13

Donald Charles Cameron 1781-1848 moved to Australia, triggering the establishment of the settlement of Barcaldine Australia in Queensland.2


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