Name

Reverend James Wilks

Biography

Clergyman who accompanied George Moore to London on the second deputation in April 1766. Made the expedition's most significant discovery, and it was accidental: he found a copy of the James I charter confirming Manx rights — 'until then forgot and unknown.' A constitutional document that should have been in the Island's own archives, lost, turned up in a London library by a clergyman who happened to be looking.

Active Period

fl. 1760s

Place

Isle of Man

London

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Clergyman

Commissioner

Book Chapter

Chapter 12