GB 0103 MS ADD 131 - Loch Papers

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GB 0103 MS ADD 131 1803-1865 Collection (fonds) 1 box Loch , James , 1780-1855 , economist

The economist James Loch was born of Scottish parents in May 1780. In 1801 he became an advocate in Scotland and was called to the bar in England at Lincoln's Inn in 1806. After a few years he decided to abandon the law and went into estate management, becoming auditor to many eminent people. He was responsible for much of the policy regarding agricultural labourers and land in England and Scotland. The Sutherlandshire clearances between 1811 and 1820, when 15,000 crofters were removed from the inland to the seacoast districts, were carried out under Loch's supervision. In 1827 Loch entered parliament as the member for St Germains in Cornwall. He published a pamphlet on the improvements on the Sutherland estates in 1820, and in 1834 printed privately a memoir of the first Duke of Sutherland. He was a fellow of the Geological, Statistical and Zoological Societies, and a member of the committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. He was also a member of the Council of University College London. He died in June 1855, at his house in London.

Letters (72 items) to James Loch on the University of London and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge were presented by the Hon Spencer Douglas Loch, James Loch's great-grandson, in 1971.

The collection comprises letters to James Loch and other members of his family. Many of the letters concern the founding and early management of University College London, then known as London University, and matters relating to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. There are a few letters relating to personal and family matters.

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  1999  Loch , family Loch , James , 1780-1855 , MP and economist SDUK , Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge x Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge University College London University of London , 1826-1836 , renamed University College London x London University , 1826-1836

Letters (72 items) to James Loch on the University of London and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge were presented by the Hon Spencer Douglas Loch, James Loch's great-grandson, in 1971.

The collection comprises letters to James Loch and other members of his family. Many of the letters concern the founding and early management of University College London, then known as London University, and matters relating to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. There are a few letters relating to personal and family matters.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

English

Handlist and card index to correspondents available. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

• English