article_snippet: Great Bernera (right) and Little Bernera (left) from the sky; a remote Scottish community have voted overwhelmingly to buy a Hebridean island once owned by a laird said to have been the inspiration for the original 'James Bond' .
article_snippet: Gear Bernera in the Western Isles - home was owned for 50 years by Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees, a descendant of King Louis Philippe I of France and godson of the 11th Duke of Argyll.
article_snippet: The character's fondness for attractive women has been linked back to Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees who lived on the island of Great Bernera . '
article_snippet: In 1962 Count Robin bought and moved to the ruggedly beautiful island of Great Bernera.
article_snippet: Villages at Great Bernera have agreed to try and finance a move to own the island where the brainchild of Sir Ian Fleming's James Bond was believed to have been born .
article_snippet: In 1962 Count Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees bought and moved to the ruggedly beautiful island of Great Bernera .
highlights_snippet: Great Bernera was owned for 50 years by Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees, a friend of Bond author Ian Fleming .
  