Atholl appoints brother Lord Henry Murray as Lieutenant Governor; Hawkesbury's response
- Item sets
- Sources
- Media
-
ho660483_2.txt
- Name
- Atholl appoints brother Lord Henry Murray as Lieutenant Governor; Hawkesbury's response
- Description
- Correspondence between John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, and Lord Hawkesbury regarding Atholl's appointment of his brother Lord Henry Murray as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in August 1804. Hawkesbury firmly rejects the appointment as exceeding Atholl's authority, establishing that only the Crown could confer the Lieutenant Government. The exchange clarifies the constitutional limits of the Duke's powers post-Revestment.
- Date
- 3 August 1804
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1804-08-03
- Creator
- John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl; Lord Hawkesbury; Lord Henry Murray
- Audience
- Lord Hawkesbury (Atholl); John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (Hawkesbury); Lord Hawkesbury (Henry Murray)
- Identifier
- HO 98/66
- Language
- English