Spoke in the 1805 Lords debate on Atholl compensation. Described the 1765 transaction as forced — the Duke 'notoriously compelled' to accept.

Spoke in the 1805 House of Lords debate. A Grenville — the same family whose head had pushed through the 1765 Purchase Act forty years earlier.

Prime Minister who forced through the 1805 measure granting the Duke of Atholl £3,000 per annum in additional compensation. The money came from Manx revenue.

Spoke in the 1805 Lords debate. His family had lost 60,000 acres as American loyalists and received £200 in compensation — a pointed contrast with the Duke of Atholl's claims.

The Princess Royal. Presided at Tynwald Day in 2008 and 2021 as the monarch's representative. One of the few members of the Royal Family to attend the ceremony.

Presided at Tynwald Day in 2000 as Prince of Wales. Now King and Lord of Mann.

Commander of the Grand Fleet who awarded HMS King Orry the place of honour as sole representative at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918.

The Duke of Atholl's cousin. The 42nd Black Watch (Freiceadan Dubh) was 'his' regiment — raised in 1739 to police the Scottish Highlands, then sent to garrison the Isle of Man after Revestment. The family connection was not coincidental.