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Lord Leverhulme and Lewis

Lord Leverhulme and Lewis. Why was Lewis affected so badly by the First World War?. Land shortage Decline in herring fishing – had been a lucrative source of seasonal income for islanders. Heavy losses – 17% Iolaire. Lord Leverhulme. Wealthy philanthropist

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Lord Leverhulme and Lewis

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  1. Lord Leverhulme and Lewis

  2. Why was Lewis affected so badly by the First World War? • Land shortage • Decline in herring fishing – had been a lucrative source of seasonal income for islanders. • Heavy losses – 17% • Iolaire

  3. Lord Leverhulme • Wealthy philanthropist • Made fortune from Sunlight soap. • Bought island 1919

  4. Leverhulme’s Vision • Fish-canning factory • Larger fishing fleet • Fewer crofts/smallholdings • Power station • Railway

  5. Flaws with this vision ….. • Fishing industry in decline • Islanders greatly attached to land – had already been land raids before war (Aiginis 1888)

  6. What happened • Land raids on Coll and Gress on island • Government delayed land settlement for 10 years on Lewis • Land raids continued • Leverhulme sacked workers • Leverhulme offers small allotments to some islanders – rejected • 1921 – Leverhulme suspends work on Lewis to concentrate on projects on neighbouring Harris • 1925 – Leverhulme dies.

  7. The Griais (Gress) Memorial to the post-war Lewis land raiders.The memorial represents the crofting land which Leverhulme wanted to split into three milk-producing farms.

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