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Atholl appoints brother Lord Henry Murray as Lieutenant Governor; Hawkesbury's response

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3 August 1804

Correspondence between John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, and Lord Hawkesbury regarding Atholl's appointment of his brother Lord Henry Murray as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in August 1804. Hawkesbury firmly rejects the appointment as exceeding Atholl's authority, establishing that only the Crown could confer the Lieutenant Government. The exchange clarifies the constitutional limits of the Duke's powers post-Revestment.

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