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Charities, trusts and the Church of England are also significant land owners. The National Trust and the National Trust for Scotland own 589,748 acres (238,663 ha), the RSPB 332,000 acres (134,000 ha), the Duke of Atholl 's Trusts 145,000 acres (59,000 ha), the Church of England 105,000 acres (42,000 ha) and the Honourable Artillery Company ...
The National Trust is the largest private landowner in the United Kingdom. [40] The Trust's land holdings account for almost 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres; 2,500 km 2; 970 sq mi), mostly of countryside. [1]
The largest Crown estate in the 1820s was Pobble O'Keefe in Sliabh Luachra at 5,000 acres (2,000 ha). [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In 1828 the lease expired, and Richard Griffith was appointed to supervise its improvement, including the foundation of the model village of Kingwilliamstown . [ 54 ]
The people and organizations who own the most land in the world own millions -- and in the case of the top landowner -- billions of acres of land. Many of the top 10 largest landowners are...
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He is the largest shareholder in the British internet fashion retailer ASOS and second-largest in German internet clothing retailer Zalando. He is also the largest individual private landowner in the UK. [2] As of September 2022, Povlsen was listed as the richest Dane with a net worth estimated at US$11.3 billion. [3]
In 2010, over a third of the UK was owned by 1,200 families descended from aristocracy, and 15,354 km 2 was owned by the top three land owners, the Forestry Commission, National Trust and Defence Estates. [2] The Crown Estate held around 1,448 km 2. English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales.
Scott was once Scotland's largest private landowner, owning 217,000 acres (880 km 2) of Scottish land, but was surpassed by Anders Holch Povlsen who currently holds 221,000 acres (890 km 2) in the country. [3] [4] The Duke was appointed as Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle by Charles III on 9 December 2023. [5]