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...It also highlights the decision by Buccleuch Estates to reduce what was until a few years ago the UK’s largest private landholding by area....
...On the western coast of Harris, holiday and second homes now account for more than 60 per cent of houses, according to the West Harris Trust....
...Consider the widely-cited distortion of data on South African landholding....
...“I think it’s important to note that this will affect anyone on whose land it happens, so the smaller the landholding, the more disproportionate and potentially ruinous it would be.”...
...“We are using our business networks in Australia to bridge the trust gap.”...
...Acquiring a large landholding has always been a priority for families around the world who are on the up....
...The duke is Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and possessor of the largest private landholding in the UK, with some 240,000 acres....
...“I deal with the trust as little as possible,” Mr Dennis says. “It’s not inherent in the nature of the Gigha Trust. It’s inherent in the nature of committees.”...
...The duke chairs the family trust-controlled Buccleuch Estates, which owns 240,000 acres of land, mainly in Scotland....
...It is actually landholdings that are being talked about, rather than people, with companies and trusts counted in this tally as a single person when they represent many shareholders....
...Sam Zell is facing questions over his motivation for joining an activist campaign to unseat the board of CommonWealth real estate investment trust, as one of the property sector’s most-watched shareholder...
...Though a member of the Jockey Club like his father, he was more interested in breeding rather than the training side. His landholdings included a grouse moor in the Yorkshire dales....
...Benigno “Noy Noy” Aquino III, whose family enjoys vast wealth and landholdings, vowed to be a more accountable and caring president sensitive to the needs of ordinary Philippine citizens as he took the oath...
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