Sir

Sir

Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...

 George Moore (1709–1787) was the Speaker

Speaker of the House of Keys

The Speaker of the House of Keys is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the lower house of the Isle of Man legislature. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the house at its first sitting after an election. He is responsible for controlling the procedure of the House and for...

 of the House of Keys

House of Keys

The House of Keys is the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council....

 and their leader in the efforts to obtain better terms for Manx commerce after the Act of Revestment

Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765

The Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 , 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 revested them into the British Crown....

. It was largely due to his efforts that the Island was not annexed to Cumberland

Cumberland

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 as previously planned. He was knighted in 1781, in recognition of his services.

He was a major merchant very heavily involved in the running trade

Smuggling

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 and owned various vessels. He was also a partner in a Glasgow

Glasgow

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bank.