!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, THE BARONAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1798, pp. 387, 388.
"IX. Neil MacLeod ninth baron of Assynt, who married a daughter of ___
Munro of Lumlair, by whom he had no children.
"There having been some old incumbrances upon the estate of Assynt,
incurred through the iniquity of the times, and this Neil having become
security for some of his friends in several small sums, some of his more
powerful neighbors took advantage of his indolence, and of the distance
he lived from, and difficulty of access to public justice at that time,
bought up his debts with an old apprising or two, whereby they carried
off his whole estate for less than half of the value; and though both he
and his heirs have intented several processes for the recovery of their
just right, yet they have never hitherto obtained any redress, nor have
recovered any part of their paternal inheritance. The spite of his
enemies was carried so great a length against this unfortunate
gentleman, that not satisfied with having deprived him of his estate, a
criminal process was intented against him before the court of
justiciary, when he was tried by a jury of his countrymen for different
dittays laid to his charge, but was most favourably acquitted, as appears
from the records of that court.
"This Neil of Assynt dying without issue, the representation of the
family devolved upon his brother, John, before-mentioned."