Governor Smith to Lord North requesting royal portrait and chapel furnishings for Isle of Man · Revestment 1765

Name: Governor Smith to Lord North requesting royal portrait and chapel furnishings for Isle of Man
Description: Letter from newly appointed Governor Edward Smith to Lord North (First Lord of the Treasury) requesting a portrait of King George III and furnishings for the chapel at Castle Rushen. Written just after the 1765 Revestment, this document illustrates post-Revestment administrative arrangements and the symbolic establishment of Crown authority on the island through religious and ceremonial institutions.
Date: 23 October 1783
Place: Castle Rushen; Isle of Man; Great Britain
Related To: Major Dawson; Lord North; Colonel Edward Smith; George III
Collection: Crown Administration
Type: Administrative Correspondence
Date Created: 1783-10-23
Creator: Edward Smith, Governor of Isle of Man
Audience: Lord North (Frederick North, Lord North)
Identifier: SP 48/2 p.378
Language: English