Lieutenant-Governor Shaw's Report to Commissioners on Isle of Man Constitution, 1791
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- Name
- Lieutenant-Governor Shaw's Report to Commissioners on Isle of Man Constitution, 1791
- Description
- Letter from Lieutenant-Governor Alexander Shaw to the Secretary of the Commissioners of Inquiry (1792), submitted 19 October 1791, detailing the constitutional structure, legislature, laws, and governance of the Isle of Man. Covers the three estates (Sovereign, Governor and Council, House of Keys), the composition and election of the Keys, the controversy over clerical members of the Council, and extensive discussion of the problem of appeals to the King in Council. A key post-Revestment administrative document.
- Date
- 19 October 1791
- Related To
- John Tear
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
- John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
- Governor Mark Hildesley Smith
- George III
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1791-10-19
- Creator
- Lieutenant-Governor Alexander Shaw
- Audience
- Charles Peace, Esquire, Secretary to His Majesty's Commissioners
- Language
- English