Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765
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- Name
- Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765
- Description
- 5 Geo. III, c. 26 — 'An Act for more effectually preventing the mischiefs arising to the Revenue and Commerce of Great Britain and Ireland, from the illicit and clandestine Trade to and from the Isle of Mann.' Parliament purchased the Duke of Atholl's sovereignty and revenue rights for £70,000. The Act purchased a feudal title. It did not acquire the Manx nation. It did not assume the duty of governance that came with the title. The justification was revenue protection — the East India Company's commercial interests dressed as fiscal necessity.
- Date
- 10 May 1765
- Jurisdiction
- Westminster
- Related To
- Chapters 10–11
- Type
- Act of Parliament / Constitutional