Name

Lt-Governor Richard Dawson

Biography

Lieutenant Governor who wrote to London in October 1778 that 'the non payment of the civil Establishment and its being near three years in arrear is productive in every Department of such bad consequences.' The Island was by then generating more revenue than it cost to govern — but the surplus went to London while the officials on the Island went unpaid. Revenue extracted, governance unfunded. Dawson also warned that the smuggling trade had functioned as a non-aggression pact with France.

Active Period

fl. 1775–1790

Place

Isle of Man

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Lieutenant Governor

Book Chapter

Chapter 12

Chapter 14