Name

Calendar of HO 98/66: Isle of Man Home Office Papers 1796–1805

Description

A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office file HO 98/66, listing 170 documents spanning 1796–1805. The papers document correspondence between the Lt Governor (Alexander Shaw, later Cornelius Smelt), the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), and successive Home Secretaries regarding defence, smuggling, Irish strangers/refugees, impressment, military affairs, and constitutional disputes over gubernatorial succession. Highly relevant to understanding the post-Revestment governance of the Isle of Man and political tensions between Atholl and successive administrations.

Place

Castle Rushen

Douglas

Peel

Isle of Man

London

Related To

Major John Taubman

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl

John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl

Type

Financial Data

Type

Administrative Correspondence

Identifier

HO 98/66

Language

English