The Life and Times of Fraser Mackintosh, Crofter MP by Ewen A. Cameron
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The Life and Times of Fraser Mackintosh, Crofter MP by Ewen A. Cameron (Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, 2000) 258 pp.
ISBN 0 906265 28 2
Charles Fraser Mackintosh (1828-1894) is best remembered as the Crofter M.P. for Inverness-shire and as a member of the Napier Commission. This study of his career covers these important topics but also takes in his activities as an agent for the Conservative Party, his period as a Town Councillor, his involvement in the construction of Union Street in Inverness and his role as a factor for Highland Landlords. Charles Fraser Mackintosh is not treated in isolation but is placed in the political, social and economic context of his times and is compared to the Crofter MPs and other important figures in the Highland land questions such as John Murdock and Alexander Mackenzie.
