Name

HM Treasury

Description

The British government department that drove the Revestment. The Treasury had been gathering intelligence on the Isle of Man's trade for decades before 1765 — obtaining the 1692 Book of Rates through a leak, commissioning the 'Impartial Enquiry' for Prime Minister Pelham in the 1750s, receiving Charles Lutwidge's detailed revenue analysis in July 1764. The Treasury calibrated the £70,000 purchase price from Lutwidge's intelligence. After the Revestment, Manx surplus revenue was directed to the Treasury. Governor Wood wrote in April 1766 that he had not received 'a farthing Salary or Fund' since the transfer. In 1854, the Treasury declared it was 'unable to recognize the proportion of the public revenue derived from the Isle of Man in any other light than that in which they regard the revenue from any locality of the United Kingdom.'

Place

Westminster, London

Type

Government

Revenue

British Government

Book Chapter

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 12

Chapter 13