Name

Crown Administration

Description

The decades of devastation. Crown customs officers replaced the Manx establishment. The garrison was reinforced. The harbours were blockaded and destroyed. The fishing fleet was wrecked. Impressment stripped the Island of its men. The 1792 Commission of Inquiry documented what had been done and recommended remedies that were never implemented. The 1805 Parliamentary debates acknowledged the destruction and voted to send Manx surplus revenues to the Consolidated Fund. The Island paid for its own dispossession.

Date Range

1765–1830

Key Events

Chapters 12–13, 14–16