Old photograph of the Horse Fair in Latheron near Wick, Scotland. One of the most eminent men known to have been connected with this area, was Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet, born 10th of May 1754, died 21st of December 1835. He was a Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.
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