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Sir George Grant Suttie

1797–1878

A Scottish landowner and baronet who also wrote about farming and land policy, he is remembered for a practical interest in how land was managed and cultivated in 19th-century Britain.

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Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne on the Cause of the Higher Average Price of Grain in Britain than on the the Continent

Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne on the Cause of the Higher Average Price of Grain in Britain than on the the Continent

by Sir George Grant Suttie

About the author

Born on August 1, 1797, Sir George Grant-Suttie was the 5th Baronet of Balgone, a title in an old Scottish family line. He succeeded his father, Sir James Grant-Suttie, and lived until June 19, 1878.

He is noted as a legal writer and as the author of On Land Tenure and the Cultivation of the Soil, published in 1869. That work suggests the concerns that shaped his public reputation: land ownership, agriculture, and the practical questions of how estates were run.

Records connected with his life survive in major archives, and his name also appears in the National Portrait Gallery, showing that he had a recognized public profile in his own time. Although he is not a widely read literary figure today, his writing offers a window into Victorian debates about land and rural improvement.