Tour Scotland video of the Isle of Ulva on visit to the Inner Hebrides. Mr Francis William Clark bought the island in 1835 and began a brutal clearance of two-thirds of the inhabitants within a few years. Sometimes those who were to be evicted were given no warning, and had the thatch of their houses set on fire by the factor. The Clark family owned the island well into the 20th century.[ Clark also bought, and cleared, the islands of Gometra and Little Colonsay. In 1837, there were sixteen villages/townships, with shoe makers, wrights, boat builders, merchants, carpenters, tailors, weavers and black smiths. In 1841, the population of Ulva and Gometra was 859, but by 1848 this had plummetted to 150 thanks to a combination of the Highland potato famine[16] and Clark's evictions. By 1889, the population of the two islands had fallen further to 83, with 53 on Ulva by itself. Lachlan Macquarie, was born on Ulva 31 January 1762 He is often referred to as the Father of Australia. During the second Jacobite uprising, Clan MacQuarrie fought at Culloden on Charles Edward Stuart's side

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