The Clerk of the Rolls ( gv, Cleragh ny Lioaryn) is a judge and Head of the
Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
in the
Isle of Man
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This position was formerly distinct from that of the
Deemster
A Deemster ( gv, briw) is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promu ...
s but now the Clerk of the Rolls is held jointly with the office of First Deemster.
The Clerk of the Rolls formerly had a seat in the
Legislative Council.
The current Clerk of the Rolls and First Deemster is
His Honour
His Honour or Her Honour (American English: His Honor or Her Honor) is an honorific prefix traditionally applied to certain classes of people, in particular justices and judges and mayors. In Australia and the United States, the prefix is also use ...
Andrew Corlett QC.
Clerks of the Rolls
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John Quayle, 1736-1755
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John Quayle, 1755-1797
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Mark Hildesley Quayle, 1797 - 1804
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Thomas Stowell
Thomas Stowell King's Counsel, KC (1764 – 11 June 1821) was a Isle of Man, Manx lawyer who became Clerk of the Rolls of the Isle of Man.Manks Advertiser, Thursday, June 14, 1821; Page: 2
Biography
Thomas Stowell was born in 1764 in the Isle o ...
, 1804 - 1821
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John McHutchin, 1821-1847
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Mark Hildesley Quayle, 1847-1879
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Alfred Walter Adams, 1879-1882
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Sir Alured Dumbell, 1883-1900
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Sir James Gell
Sir James Gell (13 January 1823 – 12 March 1905)''Ramsey Courier.'' Tuesday, 14.03.1905 Page: 3 was a Manx lawyer, who was the First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls in the Isle of Man. He was also the first Manxman to become Attorney General ...
, 1900-1905
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Thomas Kneen
Thomas Kneen (1852 – 23 November 1916) was His Majesty's Clerk of the Rolls for the Isle of Man, a Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba, and Captain of the Parish of Onchan.
Kneen was brought up in a rural and agricultural environm ...
, 1905 - 1916
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Stewart Stevenson Moore, 1916-1918
In 1918, the
Judicature (Amendment) Act 1918 amalgamated the offices of Clerk of the Rolls and First Deemster. Thus the Clerk of the Rolls is now the
First Deemster
A Deemster ( gv, briw) is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also pro ...
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See also
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Deemster
A Deemster ( gv, briw) is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promu ...
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Isle of Man High Court
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Manx Judiciary
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Master of the Rolls
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of ...
References
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Judiciary of the Isle of Man
Chief justices