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A Forgotten Prophet: Henry McCulloh and Reform of the British Empire

History has not been kind to the memory of Henry McCulloh. After a century and a half of almost total obscurity, he emerged for a time in historical accounts as an important colonial expert, an advisor to ministries, and an eminence grise on such important colonial matters as the Stamp Act and Sugar Act.1 More recently, he has been exposed as a self-serving land speculator and placeseeker whose influence on government was far less significant than once was argued.2 Throughout most accounts has run a thread of misinformation, which, as one scholar has pointed out, resulted from his being confused with another man of similar name.-1 Unfortunately, in all the claims and countercharges, a large part of Henry McCulloh's rightful place in the history of the first British Empire has become obscured. For while McCulloh may have been a land-grabber and placeseeker (and who involved in imperial affairs in the eighteenth century was neither?), while he may not have been singlehandedly responsible for either the idea...