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

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. The High Bailiff is the head stipendiary

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. 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 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, 1865–1892 * James Stowell Gell, 1892–1911 , valign="top", * John Cosnahan, 1777–1808 * Norris Moore, 1808–1816 *

John McHutchin John McHutchin, (1787 – 14 March 1847)Isle of Man Times, Saturday, March 20, 1847; Section: Front page, Page: 1 was a Manx lawyer who successively became High Bailiff of Douglas, Second Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls in the Isle of Man.Mona ...

, 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 *

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, 1853–1884 * A.N. Laughton, 1884–1911 , valign="top", *

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, 1777–1794 * James Wilks, 1794–1805 *

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, 1805–1812 *

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, 1812–1821 *

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, 1821–1828 * John Caesar Gelling, 1828–1832 * Frederick Tellett, 1832–1873 * Sir

Alured Dumbell Sir Alured Dumbell MLC (12 January 1835 – 12 March 1900) was a senior judge who was Clerk of the Rolls of the Isle of Man. Dumbell was born in Douglas, the son of the well-known banker, lawyer and politician George Dumbell MHK and Mary Gibs ...

, 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 *

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, 1925–1933 , valign="top" colspan=2, * James Murray Cruikshank, 1911–1916 * F. M. LaMothe, 1916–1921 *

, 1921–1925 * William Percy Cowley, 1925–1933 , - !colspan=4, Isle of Man , - , align="center" colspan=4, *

, 1933–1937 * Henry Percy Kelly, 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, t ...

, 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

References

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

Deputy High Bailiffs

See also

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