Isle of Man
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Kings

(Norse names with Irish and English in parentheses to 1250)

8.. - 902 the kings of Dublin 902 - 917 Røgnvaldr (Raghnall ua Ímhair) (b. 8.. - d. 921) 917 - 978 the kings of Dublin 978 - 989 Gudhfridhr Haraldsson (Godred) (b. 94. - d. 989)

(Gofraidh mac Arailt)

989 - 1005 Røgnvaldr Gudhfridharson (b. 9.. - d. 1005)

(Rahnall mac Gofraidh)

1005 - 23 Apr 1014 Óláfr Gudhfridharson (b. 9.. - d. 1014)

23 Apr 1014 - c.1079 the kings of Dublin

c.1079 - 1094 Gudhfridhr hvíthønd Haraldsson (b. 1040? - d. 1095)

(Gofraid crobh bhan mac meic Arailt)

(Godred IV"White Hand")

1094 - 1098 Domhnall mac Taidc Ua Briain (b. 10.. - d. 1115)

(Domhnall mac Taidc)

1098 - 24 Aug 1103 the kings of Norway

24 Aug 1103 - 29 Jun 1153 ÓláfrGudhfridharson (Olaf I) (b. 108. - d. 1153)

(Amhlaíbh mac Gofraidh)

29 Jun 1153 - 1158 Gudhfridhr Óláfsson (Godred) (b. 111. - d. 1187)

(1st time)(Gofraidh mac Amhlaíbh)

1158 - 1164 Sumarlidhi Gillibrigtsson, mórmaer (b. 112. - d. 1164)

av Argyll (Somhairle mac Gilla Brighde)

(Somerled, Lord of Argyll)

1164 - 10 Nov 1187 Gudhfriddhr Óláfsson (Godred) (s.a.)

(2nd time)

10 Nov 1187 - 14 Feb 1229 Ragnvaldr Gudhfridharson (Ragnal I)(b. 116. - d. 1229)

(Raghnalt mac Gofraidh)

1226 - 21 May 1237 Óláfr svartiGudhfridharson (b. 1173? - d. 1237)

(Amhlaíbh mac Gofraidh)

(Olaf II "the Black")

(co-ruler to 14 Feb 1229)

21 May 1237 - 6 May 1249 Haraldr Óláfsson (Harold I) (b. 1223? - d. 1249)

(Arailt mac Amhlaíbh)

6 May 1249 - 30 May 1249 RøgnvaldrÓláfsson (Ragnal II) (b. 122. - d. 1249)

(Raghnalt mac Amhlaíbh)

30 May 1249 - 1250 Haraldr Gudhfridharson (Harold II) (d. 1252?)

(Arailt mac Gofraidh)

1250 - 1252 John Dugaldsson

1252 - 24 Nov 1265 Magnús Óláfsson (b. 122. - d. 1265)

24 Nov 1265 - Feb 1290 the kings of Scotland

Feb 1290 - 12 Jun 1313 the kings of England 12 Jun 1313 - 20 Dec 1313 the kings of Scotland 20 Dec 1313 - Jul 1317 Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray (b. c.1277 - d. 1332)

(1st time)

Jul 1317 - 1328 the kings of England

1328 - 20 Jul 1332 Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray (s.a.)

(2nd time)20 Jul 1332 - 11 Aug 1332 Thomas Randolph II, Earl of Moray (b. 130. - d. 1332)

11 Aug 1332 - 8 Jun 1333 John Randolph, Earl of Moray (b. 1306 - d. 1346)

(1st time)

8 Jun 1333 - 9 Aug 1333 the king of England

9 Aug 1333 - 29 Sep 1333 John Randolph, Earl of Moray (s.a.)

(2nd time)

29 Sep 1333 - 30 Jan 1344 William I de Montacute, (b. 1301 - d. 1344)

(from 16 Mar 1337) Earl of Salisbury

30 Jan 1344 - 3 Jun 1397 William II Montague, Earl (b. 1328 - d. 1397)

of Salisbury 3 Jun 1397 - 13 Oct 1399 William III le Scrope, (b. 1350 - d. 1399)

(from 29 Sep 1397) Earl of Wiltshire

13 Oct 1399 - 19 Oct 1399 Vacant

19 Oct 1399 - 10 Aug 1405 Henry de Percy, Earl of (b. 1341 - d. 1408)

Northumberland

10 Aug 1405 - 4 Oct 1405 Vacant

4 Oct 1405 - 6 Jan 1414 Sir John I de Stanley (b. c.1362 - d. 1414)

6 Jan 1414 - 27 Nov 1437 Sir John II de Stanley (b. c.1386 - d. 1437)

27 Nov 1437 - 20 Feb 1459 Thomas I Stanley, (b. 1406? - d. 1459)

(from 15 Jan 1456) Lord Stanley

20 Feb 1459 - 29 Jul 1504 Thomas II Stanley, (b. 1435? - d. 1504)

(from 27 Oct 1485) Earl of Derby

Lords¹

29 Jul 1504 - 23 May 1521 Thomas III Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 148. - d. 1521) 23 May 1521 - 24 Oct 1572 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1509 - d. 1572)

24 Oct 1572 - 25 Sep 1593 Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1531 - d. 1593) 25 Sep 1593 - 16 Apr 1594 Ferdinando Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1559 - d. 1594)

16 Apr 1594 - 29 Sep 1607 Vacant; disputed by daughters of Ferdinando

29 Sep 1607 - 29 Sep 1608 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton (b. 1540 - d. 1614) - jointly with -

29 Sep 1607 - 1612 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury (b. 1563 - d. 1612) - jointly with - 29 Sep 1608 - 1612 Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk (b. 1561 - d. 1626)

1612 - 11 Aug 1627 William IV Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1561 - d. 1642)

1612 - 10 Mar 1627 Elizabeth de Vere, Countess (b. 1575? - d. 1627)

of Derby (f) -Regent

11 Aug 1627 - 15 Oct 1651 James I Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1607 - d. 1651)

(fled 15 Aug 1651, captured 3 Sep 1651)15 Aug 1651 - 15 Oct 1651 Charlotte de la Trémoille (f) (b. 1599 - d. 1664)

(acting for absent James I)

15 Oct 1651 - 31 Oct 1651 Charles Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1628 - d. 1672)

(1st time)

15 Oct 1651 - 31 Oct 1651 Charlotte de la Trémoille (f) (s.a.)

(acting for absent Charles)

31 Oct 1651 - 23 Feb 1652 Vacant

23 Feb 1652- 29 May 1660 Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax of (b. 1612 - d. 1671)

Cameron

29 May 1660 - 21 Dec 1672 Charles Stanley, Earl of Derby (s.a.)

(2nd time)

21 Dec 1672 - 5 Nov 1702 William V Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1654 - d. 1702)

21 Dec 1672 - 6 Apr 1673 Dorothea Helena van den Kerchhove, (b. 163. - d. 1673)

Countess of Derby (f) -Regent

6 Apr 1673 - 16 Mar 1676 James Butler, Duke of (b. 1610 - d. 1688)

Ormonde -Regent

5 Nov 1702 - 1 Feb 1736 James II Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1664 - d. 1736)

1 Feb 1736 - 8 Jan 1764 James III Murray, Duke of Atholl (b. 1690 - d. 1764)

8 Jan 1764 - 11 Jul 1765 Charlotte Murray, Baroness Strange,(b. 1731 - d. 1805)

Duchess of Atholl (f)

8 Jan 1764 - 11 Jul 1765 John Murray, Duke of Atholl (b. 1729 - d. 1774)

(acting for Charlotte)

11 Jul 1765 - the kings/queens of the United Kingdom

Senescahls c.1219 Holan

c.1260 Fogall McHascatt

Bailiffs

c.1266 Godfrey MacManus

12.. - 12.. Alan of Galloway (d. 1234)

1278? - 1282 Maurice Okerfair (d. 1282) 12.. - 12.. Reginald the Chaplain 12.. - 1287 Brennus (d. 1287) 12.. - 12.. Donald

Governors

1289? - 1293 Walter de Huntercumbe (b. 12 .. - d. 1293)

(custodian)

1296? - 29 Sep 1307 Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham (b. c.1245 - d. 1311)

29 Sep 1307 - 1308 Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall (b. c.1284 - d. 1312)

(custodian)

1308 - 1310 Henri de Beaumount (1st time) (d. 1340)

(Henricus de Bello Monte)

1310 - 1312 Gilbert Makaskill (Makaskel)

(1st time)(custodian)

1312 - 1313 Henri de Beaumount (2nd time) (s.a.)

1313 - 131. Gilbert Makaskill (Makaskel)

(2nd time)(seneschal)

1318 - 13.. John de Athy (custodian)

Sep 1329 - 13.. Edmund Mortayn

29 Sep 1334 - 13.. William de Montacute (custodian) (b. 1301 - d. 1344)

1405 - 1417 Michael Blundell

1417 - 1418? John Letherland (Litherland)

(lieutenant)

1418? - 1422? John Fazakerley

1422 - 1428 John Walton (lieutenant)

1428 - 14.. Henry Byron (lieutenant)

1496 - 1497 Peter Dutton (captain)

1497 - 1505 Henry Radcliffe, Abbot of Rushen (b. bf.1475 - d. af.1529)

(deputy)

1505 - 1511 Ralph Rushton (1st time)

(deputy to 1505, then captain)

1511 - 1517 Sir John Ireland (1st time) (b. c.1475 - d. 1525)

(lieutenant)

1517 - 1518 Ralph Rushton (2nd time)(captain)

1518 - 1521 John Fazakerley (lieutenant)

1521 - 1522 Thomas Denisport (Danport)

1522 - 1526 Sir John Ireland (2nd time) (s.a.)

(lieutenant)

1526 - 1527 Richard Holt (lieutenant)

1527 - 1532 Henry Stanley

1532 - 1536 John Fleming (captain)

1536 - 1545 George Stanley (captain) (d. 1570)

1545 - 1552 William Stanley (captain)

1552 - 1570 Henry Stanley (captain) (b. 1515 - d. 1598)

1570 - 1576 Edward Tarbock (Torbock)(captain) (b. c.1551 - d. 1608)

1576 - 1580 John Hanmer (Harmer) (b. c.1550 - d. af.1604)

1580 Richard Sherburne (Shireburne) (b. 1546 - d. 1594)

1580 - 1592 John Meyrick, Bishop of Man (b. 1538 - d. 1599)

1592 Thomas Mortimer (deputy captain)

1592 - 1593 Cuthbert Gerrard (1st time)(captain)

1593 - 1594 William Stanley (William IV) (s.a.)

1594 Thomas Burscough

1594 Edward Ellis (1st time)(deputy)

1594 - 17 Jun 1595 Randulph Stanley (b. c.1562 - d. 1595)

1 Aug 1595 - 1608 Sir Thomas Gerard (Garret)(captain)(b. c.1564 - d. 1618)

(did not take office)

1596 Cuthbert Gerrard (2nd time)(deputy)

3 Jul 1596 - 1597 Peter (Piers) Legh (captain) (b. c.1563 - d. 1635/36)

1596 - 1608 Robert Molyneux (deputy)

1599 Edward Ellis (2nd time)(deputy) 1609 - 1623 John Ireland

+ John Birchall (to 1610)

1623 - 1624 Sir Ferdinando Leigh(Legh) (b. c.1585 - d. 1653/54)

1624 - 1625 Edward Fletcher

1626 - 1627 Edward Holmewood

1627 - 1634 Edward Christian (b. c.1600 - d. 1661)

1634 Ewan Christian (b. 1579 - d. 1655)

1634 - 1638 Sir Charles Gerrard (Gerard) (d. 1693)

30 Mar 1639 - 20 Jul 1639 Radcliffe Gerard

20 Jul 1639 - 1640 Foulkes Hunckes (or Fulke Hunke)

(captain) 20 Jun 1640 - 19 Sep 1651 John Greenhalghe (Greenhalgh) (b. 1597 - d. 1651)

(royalist)

Sep 1651 - 31 Oct 1651 Sir Philip Musgrave (royalist) (b. 1607 - d. 1678)

31 Oct 1651 - 1652 Robert Duckenfield (Dukinfield) (b. 1619 - d. 1689)

(parliament)

1652 - Jun 1652 Samuel Smith (deputy governor) (d. 1652)

17 Aug 1652 - 1653 Commissioners for governing the Isle

(appointed by Lord Fairfax)

- James Chaloner (b. 1603 - d. 1660)

- Robert Dinley

- Jonathan Wilton

- John Sharples

1652 - 1653 Philip Eyton (lieutenant governor)

1653 - 1656 Matthew Cadwell

1656 - 1658 William Christian (= Illiam Dhone) (b. 1608 - d. 1663)

1658 - 1660 James Chaloner (s.a.)Jul 1660 Richard Stephenson (deputy governor) 16 Aug 1660 - 1664 Roger Nowell (b. 1605 - d. 1695) 31 May 1664 - 1673 Isaac Barrow, Bishop of Sodor and (b. 1613 - d. 1680)

Man

28 Jul 1673 - 1676 Henry Nowell (b. 1622/23 - d. 1676)

10 Apr 1677 - 1678 Henry Stanley (b. 1617 - d. 1682)

13 Apr 1678 - 1690 Robert Heywood (b. 1633 - d. 1690)

16 Mar 1690 - 1692 Roger Kenyon (b. c.1627 - d. 1698)

6 Apr 1692 - 1695 William Sacheverell (b. 1664 - d. 1715)

15 Jun 1695 - 1701 Nicholas Sankey (d. 1722)

10 Mar 1701 - 1702 James Cranston (or Cranstown)

3 Dec 1702 - 1713 Robert Mawdesley (b. 1662 - d. 1723)

18 Jul 1713 - 1718 Charles Zedenno Stanley (b. 1666 - d. 1715)

9 Jul 1718 - 1723 Alexander Horne

(deputy from 1713)

3 Oct 1723 - 1725 John Lloyd (or Floyde)

14 Sep 1725 - 1736 Thomas J. Horton (b. 1685 - d. 1757)

9 Mar 1736 - 1744 James Murray, Duke of Atholl (s.a.)

1 Jun 1744 - 1751 Patrick Lindsay (b. 1686 - d. 1753)

2 May 1751 - 1761 Basil Cochrane (b. c.1701 - d. 1788)

22 Jul 1761 - 30 Apr 1777 John Wood (b. 1722 - d. 1777) 31 May 1777 - 1793 Edward Smith (b. 17.. - d. 1808)

14 Feb 1793 - 2 Jun 1828 John Murray, Duke of Atholl (b. 1755 - d. 1830)

Lieutenant-Governors (acting for the governors to 2 Jun 1828)

6 Aug 1773 - 1775 Henry Hope

13 Jul 1775 - Dec 1790 Richard Dawson (b. 17.. - d. 1800)

26 Nov 1790 - 1804 Alexander Shaw (b. 1737 - d. 1811)

4 Aug 1804 - 1805 Henry Murray, Earl of Murray (b. 1767 - d. 1805)

8 Jun 1805 - 28 Nov 1832 Cornelius Smelt (b. 1748 - d. 1832)

1 Dec 1832 - 10 Jul 1845 John Ready (b. 1777 - d. 1845)

9 Aug 1845 - Jul 1860 Charles Hope (b. 1808 - d. 1893)

13 Sep 1860 - 1860 Mark Hildesley Quayle (1st time) (b. 1804 - d. 1879)

(acting)

20 Oct 1860 - 21 Jan 1863 Francis Pigott (b. 1810 - d. 1863)

(from 30 Dec 1862, Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant)

28 Jan 1863 - 14 Feb 1863 Mark Hildesley Quayle (2nd time) (s.a.)

(acting)

14 Feb 1863 - 1882 Henry Brougham Loch (b. 1827 - d. 1900)

(from 18 Sep 1880, Sir Henry Brougham Loch)

24 Apr 1882 - 1893 Spencer Walpole (b. 1839 - d. 1907)

30 Nov 1893 - 1896 Sir Joseph West Ridgeway (b. 1844 - d. 1930)

24 Jan 1896 - 27 Jun 1902 John Major Henniker-Major, (b. 1842 - d. 1902)

Baron Henniker

3 Jul 1902 - 21 Oct 1902 Sir John James Gell (acting) (b. 1823 - d. 1905)

21 Oct 1902 - 3 Apr 1919 George Fitzroy Henry, Baron Raglan (b. 1857 - d. 1921)

3 Apr 1919 - 1926 William Fry (b. 1858 - d. 1934)

(from 23 Jul 1920, Sir William Fry)

30 Apr 1926 - 1933 Sir Claude Hamilton Archer Hill (b. 1866 - d. 1934)

31 Oct 1933 - 1937 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (b. 1873 - d. 1952)

30 Sep 1937 - 1 Oct 1945 William Spencer Leveson-Gower, (b. 1880 - d. 1953)

(from 21 Jul 1939) Earl Granville

7 Sep 1945 - 1952 Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (b. 1891 - d. 1983)

7 Sep 1952 - 1959 Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (b. 1899 - d. 1973)

8 Sep 1959 - Sep 1966 Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey (b. 1903 - d. 1991)

7 Sep 1966 - 1974 Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard (b. 1915 - d. 1995)

9 Jan 1974 - 1980 Sir John Warburton Paul (b. 1916 - d. 2004)

1 Oct 1980 - 25 Sep 1985 Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil (b. 1925 - d. 2017)

5 Oct 1985 - 10 Oct 1990 Laurence Anthony Wallis New (b. 1932)

10 Oct 1990 - 27 Sep 1995 Sir Laurence Alfred Jones (b. 1933 - d. 1995)

27 Oct 1995 - 1 Sep 2000 Sir Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt (b. 1935 - d. 2023)

1 Sep 2000 - 25 Oct 2000 Thomas William Cain (acting) (b. 1935 - d. 2021)

25 Oct 2000 - 27 Sep 2005 Ian David Macfadyen (b. 1942)

27 Sep 2005 - 17 Oct 2005 Michael Kerruish (acting) (b. 1948 - d. 2010) 17 Oct 2005 - 1 Apr 2011 Sir Paul Kenneth Haddacks (b. 1946) 1 Apr 2011 - 7 Apr 2011 David Charles Doyle (1st time) (b. 1960)

(acting) 7 Apr 2011 - Apr 2016 Adam Kenneth Compton Wood (b. 1955)Apr 2016 - 27 May 2016 David Charles Doyle (2nd time) (s.a.)

(acting)

27 May 2016 - 27 Aug 2021 Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney (b. 1951)

27 Aug 2021 - 29 Sep 2021 Andrew Thomas Kaneen Corlett (b. 1959)

(acting)

29 Sep 2021 - Sir John Gordon Lorimer (b. 1962)

Chairmen of the Executive Council

16 Oct 1946 - 13 Jan 1962 the Lieutenant-Governors

13 Feb 1962 - Feb 1967 Henry "Charles" Kerruish (b. 1917 - d. 2003) Non-party

Feb 1967 - Jan 1971 Edgar Norman Crowe (b. 1905 - d. 1992) Non-party

Jan 1971 - Jan 1977 Percy Radcliffe (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 1991) Non-party

Jan 1977 - 24 Nov 1981 Edward Clifford Irving (b. 1914 - d. 2004) Non-party

24 Nov 1981 - Mar 1985 Percy Radcliffe (2nd time) (s.a.) Non-party

Mar 1985 - 3 Dec 1986 Edgar John Mann (b. 1926 - d. 2013) Non-party

Chief ministers

3 Dec 1986 - 3 Dec 1996 Miles Rawstron Walker (b. 1940) Non-party

3 Dec 1996 - 4 Dec 2001 Donald James Gelling (1st time) (b. 1938) Non-party

4 Dec 2001 - 14 Dec 2004 Richard Kenneth Corkill (b. 1951) Non-party

14 Dec 2004 - 14 Dec 2006 Donald James Gelling (2nd time) (s.a.) Non-party

14 Dec 2006 - 11 Oct 2011 James Anthony "Tony" Brown (b. 1950) Non-party

11 Oct 2011 - 4 Oct 2016 Allan Robert Bell (b. 1947) Non-party

4 Oct 2016 - 12 Oct 2021 Robert Howard Quayle (b. 1967) Non-party

12 Oct 2021 - Alfred Louis Cannan (b. 1968) Non-party

¹Full style of the rulers:

(a) c.1079 - 1405: Rex Manniae et Insularum ("King of Man and the Isles");

(b) from 1405: Dominus Manniae et Insularum ("Lords of Man and the Isles").

Party abbreviations (majority are non-party): APG = Alliance for Progressive Government (government watchdog, est.1991); LVP = Liberal Vannin Party (liberal, est.2006); MLP = Manx Labour Party (social-democratic party, est.1918); MV-MNP = Mec Vannin-Manx Nationalist Party (center left, nationalist, environmental, est.1962)

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