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3 unusual facts about Sir William Mackinnon


Clachan, Kintyre

Once the home of Coll McAlester, who led the first large settlement of highlanders in North Carolina at Cross Creek in the Cape Fear River valley in 1739, and later the home of Sir William Mackinnon, the house is now a self-catering residence.

East Africa Protectorate

In 1886 the British government encouraged William Mackinnon, who already had an agreement with the Sultan and whose shipping company traded extensively in East Africa, to establish British influence in the region.

Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet

The trustees purchased the former estate of James Nicol Fleming on Keil Point, Southend, Kintyre, including Keil House, and set up the Kintyre Technical School.



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