landowner
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Caricom Reparations Commission chair Hilary Beckles has repeatedly spoken out about ex-Conservative Party lawmaker and UK landowner Richard Drax, 68, whose ancestors established Drax Hall Estate in Barbados in the mid-17th century.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
“He is simply a landowner, coming from a large landowning family,” and his interactions with others in the indictment were solely for legitimate business deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Thorpe said he had invited a planning officer from Southwark Council to view the wall, as well as a representative of the local landowner the Dulwich Estate.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
We handed most of the potatoes over to the landowner in exchange for our wages, but some we boiled into soup, which we ate every night for dinner.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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For years, he said, he’d been promising tribes and landowners their concerns would be addressed as the law requires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
"It feels like landowners trying to do their bit are being bullied into accepting worse terms, putting people off hosting the infrastructure the country needs," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Federal agencies are also pursuing proposed land exchanges with private landowners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
A lawyer for the Alternative A5 Alliance, an umbrella body of landowners, farmers and supporters who oppose the road upgrade, said his clients would "carefully consider today's judgement".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Chicago’s landowners wanted profit, and at the city’s center, profit meant height.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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