Name

Sir Fletcher Norton

Biography

Attorney General who drafted the Revestment Act without, by his own admission, knowing anything about the Isle of Man. His approach was revealing: 'the surest way for Government to have their object, by insisting on the whole being given up, and then give back such parts as your family insisted upon.' Take everything first, return what you must later. An explanatory bill was promised for the following session, 'to correct or remedy any inconveniences which might arise from an act, necessarily, hastily drawn up.' It was never introduced. The Act that Norton admitted was hastily drawn up remained on the statute books exactly as written.

Active Period

1716–1789

Also Known As

Fletcher Norton

1st Baron Grantley

Place

Westminster

London

Period

Atholl Lordship

Role / Office

Attorney General

Book Chapter

Chapter 10