Name

George Savage

Biography

Water-Bailiff at Peel. Held court in his own house every Saturday. His deputies were paid from his own pocket. The total court fees amounted to less than four pounds a year. This was the Island's maritime jurisdiction — wrecks, fishing disputes, harbour matters — administered from a man's front room, at his own expense. When the Commissioners examined him in 1792, they were documenting a judicial system that worked not because it was funded but because the people who ran it considered it their duty.

Active Period

fl. 1750s–1790s

Place

Peel

Period

Atholl Lordship

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Water-Bailiff

Judge

Book Chapter

Chapter 6

Chapter 14