The first US sporting tourists began to visit Scotland during the late-Victorian period when the introduction of regular fast liner services enabled the elite of stateside society to cross the Atlantic in comfort within the space of seven to 10 days and spend part of the shooting season in Great Britain.
Usually Scottish immigrants who had prospered in the US, or those with Scottish connections, such men were keen to flaunt their wealth on their ancestral turf, renting a Highland estate for several months or spending a few weeks in a sportsman’s hotel, shooting grouse, stalking deer or fishing for salmon and sea trout.
Ultra-rich sportsmen from across the pond began to take an increased interest in Scottish shootings during the Edwardian era, often with the ulterior motive of
