Col. Duncan Matheson | Donnchadh MacMhathain (1 August 1850, Edinburgh – 30 August 1930, London) inherited Lewis from his ancestors and owned it between 1901 and 1917, when it got sold. He lived in the Lews Castle in Stornoway. Matheson learnt Gaelic, became involved in cultural initiatives of An Comunn Gàidhealach, and started to write in Gaelic. He contributed, in Gaelic and English, to An Deò-Ghrèine, including a translation of Tennyson’s ‘St Agnes Eve’.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- Donnchadh MacMhathain, Caisteal Leòdhais: ‘“I” agus “Innis”’ [letter, GD], Issue 45 (12 December 1908)