Chapter 14 — The Devastation
- Item sets
- Book Chapters
- Name
- Chapter 14 — The Devastation
- Description
- The human cost. Economic collapse, emigration, institutional failure. The harbours rotting, the warehouses empty, the children offered to Dublin. Robertson's 'universal terror.' Every statistic anchored in a named person or a specific place. The petitions filed into silence.
- Period
- 1765–1800
- Key Figures
- Key figures: Charles Lutwidge, Caesar Parr, John Taubman
- George Moore
- Charles Lutwidge
- John Taubman
- John Quayle
- John Tear
- Thomas Whittam
- John Stevenson
- George Savage
- Hugh Cosnahan
- John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
- Philip Moore
- Caesar Parr
- J.C. Curwen
- Lord Ellenborough
- Lt-Governor Alexander Shaw
- John Cawle
- A.W. Moore
- Lord John Russell
- Captain Matthias Christian
- Deemster Edward Christian
- Places
- Douglas
- Castletown
- Peel
- Ramsey
- Port St Mary
- Castle Rushen
- Kirk Maughold
- Isle of Man
- London
- Guernsey
- Institutions & Families
- HM Treasury
- East India Company
- Tynwald
- House of Keys
- The Lutwidge Family
- The Christian Family
- The Moore Family
- The Taubman Family
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