Resolution of the House of Keys appointing representatives to protect Manx interests during the negotiations for Revestment.

The Keys met at Castletown on 21 March 1765 after learning that the British government was negotiating with the Duke and Duchess of Atholl for the “superiority and dominion” of the Island and that the matter was before Parliament.

The resolution stated that the rights and properties of the inhabitants might be affected unless a proper application was made on their behalf. The House therefore decided to appoint commissioners to go immediately to London.

Their instructions were explicit. They were to attend the parliamentary business and endeavour to preserve “the inherent and Constitutional Rights of the People of this Isle” as far as they could. They were also directed to seek just and reasonable terms for the good of the community and the welfare of Mann.

The resolution formed part of a rapid sequence of actions by the Keys. On 8 March members had written to their Speaker asking him to seek a meeting of the House. The Speaker wrote to the Governor on 12 March, and the Governor replied on 14 March. On 21 March the Keys appointed their commissioners, issued instructions to them and addressed the Duke and Duchess of Atholl.

The same documentary sequence also includes the petition subsequently presented by the House of Keys to the British House of Commons.