Name

Walter Lutwidge

Biography

Whitehaven merchant who co-signed the merchants' memorial to the Treasury in the early 1750s, calling for 'purchasing the sovereignty of the said Island' and claiming £200,000 in annual losses to the Crown plus 'great damage' to the East India Company. The memorial proposed that if purchase failed, smugglers might be transported 'unto the British colonies in America.' The Lutwidge family lobbied for the seizure; Charles Lutwidge was then appointed to administer the result.

Active Period

fl. 1750s

Place

Whitehaven, Cumberland

Family / Group

The Lutwidge Family

Period

Atholl Lordship

Role / Office

Merchant

Lobbyist

Book Chapter

Chapter 9