Everything about The Isle Of Man Purchase Act 1765 totally explained
The
Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 (c. 26), also known as the
Act of Revestment purchased the feudal rights of the
Dukes of Atholl as
Lords of Man over the
Isle of Man, and them into the British Crown.
The Act gave effect to an earlier contract between
Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl and the
Government of the
Kingdom of Great Britain, represented by
HM Treasury, to sell the Atholls' feudal rights over the Island to Great Britain for a sum of of £70,000. The authority to conclude a contract for the purchase was given under a Private Act of Parliament in 1726, but as an Act of Parliament of 1609 had conferred the feudal rights over the island upon the Atholls, primary legislation was required to terminate those rights.
The Act came into force upon the granting of
Royal Assent on
10 May 1765. The payment to the Duchess of Atholl was to be made no later than
1 June 1765.
The Act didn't go as far as had been proposed: for a period there had been plans to merge the Isle of Man into the English county of
Cumberland. This had met with fierce resistance from the inhabitants, led by the then
Speaker of the House of Keys, Sir
George Moore.
The
long title of the Act was
"An Act for carrying into Execution a Contract, made pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the 12th of his late Majesty King George 1st, between the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury and the Duke and Duchess of Atholl, the proprietors of the Isle of Man, and their Trustees, for the purchase of the said Island and its dependencies, under certain exceptions therein particularly mentioned."
Having taken effect and therefore being effectively 'spent', the Act was finally repealed by the
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.
Subsequent rights sold
Under the Isle of Man Purchase Act, the Atholls still retained their
manorial rights, the patronage of the
bishopric, and certain other .
These were sold in 1828 for the sum of £417,144. This was accomplished by two Private Acts of Parliament:
- "An Act empowering the Lords of the Treasury to Purchase all the Manorial Rights of the Duke of Atholl in the Isle of Man" [c.34] 10 June 1824
"An Act to empower the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to purchase a certain Annuity in respect of Duties and Customs levied in the Isle of Man, and any reserved sovereign rights in the said Island belonging to John Duke of Atholl" [c.34] 10 June 1825Further Information
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