The High Bailiff ( gv, Ard-Vaylee) is a legal position held within the

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. 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 judici ...

. 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 High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...

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 John or Jack Kelly may refer to: People Academics and scientists * John Kelly (engineer), Irish professor, former Registrar of University College Dublin *John Kelly (scholar) (1750–1809), at Douglas, Isle of Man *John Forrest Kelly (1859–1922) ...

, 1832–1854 * James Gell, 1854–1865 *

John Moore Jeffcott John Moore Jeffcott Queen's Counsel, QC (1817 – 17 May 1892) was a Isle of Man, Manx advocate who became High Bailiff of Castletown, Isle of Man, Castletown and a Member of the House of Keys for the constituency of Arbory, Castletown & Malew, ...

, 1865–1892 *

James Stowell Gell James Stowell Gell QC (20 April 1855 – 23 September 1919) was a Manx advocate who became High Bailiff of both Castletown and Douglas, Isle of Man.''Isle of Man Examiner.'' Saturday, 27.09.1919 Page: 2 Biography Early life The second of four ...

, 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 beh ...

, 1777–1808 *

Norris Moore Norris or Noris may refer to: Places In Canada *Norris, Ontario, in Algoma District In the United Kingdom *Hampstead Norreys (or Norris), Berkshire In the United States * Norris, Illinois * Norris, Missouri * Norris, Nebraska * Norris, ...

, 1808–1816 * John McHutchin, 1816–1819 * James Quirk, 1820–1841 *

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, ?-1855 *

Senhouse Wilson Senhouse is a surname, and may refer to: * Humphrey Senhouse (politician) (1731–1814), British Tory politician * Humphrey Fleming Senhouse (1781–1841), British Royal Navy officer * Richard Senhouse (died 1626), English Bishop of Carlisle * Rog ...

, 1855–1864 * Samuel Harris, 1864–1905 *

, 1905–1911 , valign="top", *

Robert Farrant The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

, 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 *

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, 1884–1911 , valign="top", * John Frissell Crellin, 1777–1794 * James Wilks, 1794–1805 * Thomas Gawne, 1805–1812 *

Ewan Gill Ewan is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, ''Vuen'' (or 'Wen'), "The Warrior" or "born of the mountain". It is most common as a male given name in Scotland and Canada. It is a ...

, 1812–1821 * Thomas Arthur Corlett, 1821–1828 *

John Caesar Gelling John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, 1828–1832 *

Frederick Tellett Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

, 1832–1873 * Sir Alured Dumbell, 1873–1880 *

John Corlet LaMothe John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

, 1880–1898 *

James Murray Cruikshank James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

, 1898–1911 , - !colspan=2, Douglas and Castletown !colspan=2, Ramsey and Peel , - , valign="top" colspan=2, *

, 1911–1918 *

Reginald Douglas Farrant Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning ":wikt:quee ...

, 1919–1925 * William Lay, 1925–1933 , valign="top" colspan=2, *

, 1911–1916 *

F. M. LaMothe F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 (number), 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distributi ...

, 1916–1921 * William Lay, 1921–1925 *

William Percy Cowley William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

, 1925–1933 , - !colspan=4, Isle of Man , - , align="center" colspan=4, * William Lay, 1933–1937 *

Henry Percy Kelly Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

, 1937–1938 *

Ramsey Gelling Johnson Ramsey may refer to: Geography British Isles * Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, a small market town in England * Ramsey, Essex, a village near Harwich, England ** Ramsey and Parkeston, a civil parish formerly called just "Ramsey" * Ramsey, Isle of Man, th ...

, 1938–1947MLR 1921–51 *

Howard Deighton Lay Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probab ...

, 1947–1961 *

Robert Kinley Eason The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

, 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 subjec ...

, 2010 * Jayne Hughes, 2019

Deputy High Bailiffs

*''Unknown'', 1933–1977 * Weldon Williams, 1977–1988 * Andrew Williamson, 1988–1995 * Michael Moyle, 1995–2002 *

Alastair Montgomerie Alastair Aitken Montgomerie was the Criminal Deemster of the Isle of Man from 2011 until his retirement on 16 December 2019. He was appointed as a Deemster by the Lieutenant Governor. Montgomerie was educated at Fettes College Edinburgh, Manc ...

, 2002–2011 * Jayne Hughes, 2011 *Christopher Arrowsmith, 2019 *James Brooks, 2021

References

Manx law Government occupations Region-specific legal occupations Judiciary of the Isle of Man

Deputy High Bailiffs

See also

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