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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

Locals plan hostile takeover bid for Scottish island to remove aristocrat's grandson owner

Locals are planning a hostile buyout of their Scottish island from the grandson of an aristocrat, who is thought to have been the inspiration for James Bond.

Cyran de la Lanne Mirlees, 27, has been the owner of Great Bernera since 2012 following the death of Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees.

The count originally purchased the island in 1962, without even seeing it and the local community has been working to try and buy the island since 2015.

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