Name

Governor Henry Loch

Biography

Lieutenant Governor who forced the Keys to accept popular election as the price of financial control. The House of Keys Election Act of 1866 was promulgated at Tynwald. The first popular elections took place 2–5 April 1867. The franchise was limited — male ratepayers holding property valued at eight pounds or more, roughly twenty per cent of the adult population. Thirteen of twenty-four seats went to men who had sat in the old self-elected House. The revolution was conservative. But the principle was established. The mechanism that the Revestment had destroyed — accountability, proximity — had been rebuilt by Manx people themselves.

Active Period

1827–1900

Also Known As

Sir Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch

Place

Isle of Man

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Lieutenant Governor

Reformer

Book Chapter

Chapter 18