Aust to Lt Governor Dawson: clarification on Duke of Atholl's authority and visit
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ho638878.txt
- Name
- Aust to Lt Governor Dawson: clarification on Duke of Atholl's authority and visit
- Description
- Official correspondence from the Home Office (8 July 1788) clarifying that the Duke of Atholl was NOT to be invested with authority or control over the Isle of Man, despite stronger wording in a Treasury letter. Includes Lord Sydney's formal letter authorizing the Duke's summer visit and George Steuart's survey of Crown properties. Demonstrates tensions between the Duke's claims and actual post-Revestment government policy.
- Date
- 8 July 1788
- Related To
- Major John Taubman
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
- John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
- Governor Mark Hildesley Smith
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1788-07-08
- Creator
- Aust (Home Office); Lord Sydney (Secretary of State for Home Department)
- Audience
- Lt Governor Dawson (Isle of Man); Duke of Atholl (recipient of parallel letter)
- Identifier
- HO 98/63
- Language
- English