Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Crofters Unst Shetland Scotland
Old photograph of crofters and Shetland ponies on the Island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Thomas Barclay was born in Unst on June 1792, of which parish his father, the Reverend James Barclay, was minister. Thomas enrolled at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1808. Graduating M.A., he relocated to London, England, to work as a journalist. He later returned to Scotland to become a minister in the Church of Scotland. He was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in 1858, and worked to raise funds to build the University's new campus in Gilmorehill. He is said to have been popular amongst the students due to his resemblance to Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox. He died in office in 1873.
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