Name

Sir John Cust

Biography

Speaker of the House of Commons, who was 'warmest in his sympathy' toward the Manx deputation. He displayed great kindness and consideration, advised on the form and matter of the Memorial, and later received the thanks of the Keys. One man. Not the government. Not the Treasury. Not Parliament. One individual, in a personal capacity, showing kindness to a delegation from a small island. The institutional indifference was total. The personal warmth of a single sympathetic Speaker made it worse, not better.

Active Period

1718–1770

Place

Westminster

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Speaker of the House of Commons

Book Chapter

Chapter 12