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The High Bailiff () is a legal position held within the
Isle of Man The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
. The High Bailiff is the head stipendiary
magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judi ...
. The current High Bailiff is Her Worship Jayne Hughes, who took office on 11 March 2019. The High Bailiff and their deputy are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The High Bailiff and Deputy High Bailiff are ''ex officio'' judicial officers of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man and coroners of inquests. Originally there was a High Bailiff of each of the four towns of the island: Castletown, Ramsey, Peel and Douglas. In 1911 the offices of High Bailiff of Castletown and Douglas, and the offices of High Bailiff of Peel and Ramsey, were merged. Those offices were merged in turn in 1933 to form a single office of High Bailiff of the Isle of Man. {, class="wikitable" , +Lists of High Bailiffs !Castletown!!Douglas!!Peel!!Ramsey , - , valign="top", * William Callow, 1777-? * Robert Kelly, 1811–? * John Kelly, 1832–1854 * James Gell, 1854–1865 * John Moore Jeffcott, 1865–1892 * James Stowell Gell, 1892–1911 , valign="top", *
John Cosnahan John Cosnahan (1754–1819) was the first High Bailiff of Douglas, Isle of Man, and Deemster. He was the eldest son of Hugh Cosnahan and Eleanor Finch (1753–1799). In 1781, as a member of the House of Keys, he was sent to London to speak on be ...
, 1777–1808 * Norris Moore, 1808–1816 * John McHutchin, 1816–1819 * James Quirk, 1820–1841 * John Courtney Bluett, ?-1855 * Senhouse Wilson, 1855–1864 * Samuel Harris, 1864–1905 * James Stowell Gell, 1905–1911 , valign="top", * Robert Farrant, 1777–1794 *Captain George Savage, 1794–1802 * Thomas Clark, 1802–1807 * Hugh Clucas, 1808–1817 * James Quirk, 1817–1820 * John Llewellyn, 1820–1840 * Richard Harrison, 1840–1853 * Robert John Moore, 1853–1884 * A.N. Laughton, 1884–1911 , valign="top", * John Frissell Crellin, 1777–1794 * James Wilks, 1794–1805 * Thomas Gawne, 1805–1812 * Ewan Gill, 1812–1821 * Thomas Arthur Corlett, 1821–1828 * John Caesar Gelling, 1828–1832 *
Frederick Tellett Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...
, 1832–1873 *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part ...
Alured Dumbell, 1873–1880 * John Corlet LaMothe, 1880–1898 * James Murray Cruikshank, 1898–1911 , - !colspan=2, Douglas and Castletown !colspan=2, Ramsey and Peel , - , valign="top" colspan=2, * James Stowell Gell, 1911–1918 * Reginald Douglas Farrant, 1919–1925 * William Lay, 1925–1933 , valign="top" colspan=2, * James Murray Cruikshank, 1911–1916 * F. M. LaMothe, 1916–1921 * William Lay, 1921–1925 * William Percy Cowley, 1925–1933 , - !colspan=4, Isle of Man , - , align="center" colspan=4, * William Lay, 1933–1937 * Henry Percy Kelly, 1937–1938 * Ramsey Gelling Johnson, 1938–1947MLR 1921–51 * Howard Deighton Lay, 1947–1961 * Robert Kinley Eason, 1961–1969 * Henry Callow, 1969–1988 * Weldon Williams, 1988–1995 * Andrew Williamson, 1995–2002 * Michael Moyle, 2002–2010 *
John Needham John Turberville Needham FRS (10 September 1713 – 30 December 1781) was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest. He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subje ...
, 2010 * Jayne Hughes, 2019


Deputy High Bailiffs

*''Unknown'', 1933–1977 * Weldon Williams, 1977–1988 * Andrew Williamson, 1988–1995 * Michael Moyle, 1995–2002 * Alastair Montgomerie, 2002–2011 * Jayne Hughes, 2011 *Christopher Arrowsmith, 2019 *James Brooks, 2021


See also

*
Bailiff A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. Another official sometimes referred to as a '' ...
*
Bailiff (Channel Islands) The Bailiff is the chief justice in each of the Channel Island bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, also serving as president of the legislature and having ceremonial and executive functions. Each bailiwick has possessed its own bailiff since the ...
* Manx Judiciary


References

Law of the Isle of Man Government occupations Region-specific legal occupations Judiciary of the Isle of Man