Governor of the Isle of Man

















Isle of Man
Coat of arms of the Isle of Man.svg

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
the Isle of Man




  • Lord of Mann
    • HM Queen Elizabeth II



  • Lieutenant Governor
    • His Excellency Sir Richard Gozney



  • Deputy Governor
    • Andrew Corlett



  • Isle of Man Government


    • Council of Ministers

      • Chief Minister

        • Howard Quayle MHK



    • Departments

    • Statutory Boards

    • Offices

    • Other Agencies




  • Tynwald


    • Act of Tynwald List


    • President of Tynwald

      • The Hon. Steve Rodan MLC



    • Legislative Council

      • President

        • The Hon. Steve Rodan MLC




    • House of Keys


      • Speaker

        • The Hon. Juan Watterson SHK


      • Members (MHKs)



    • Officials of State



  • Judiciary


  • Local government
    • Parish Captains



  • Elections

    • House of Keys elections

    • Legislative Council elections

    • Keys constituencies

    • Political parties

    • Last Keys election







  • Other countries

  • Atlas




The title of Governor of the Isle of Man existed until 1828. Other titles were also used, especially before 1595.[1]



  • Holan (1219-?), titled Seneschal

  • List incomplete

  • Fogall McHascatt (1260-?), titled Seneschal

  • Godfrey MacManus (1266-?), titled Bailiff


  • Alan of Galloway, titled Bailiff

  • Maurice Okerfair, titled Bailiff

  • Reginald the Chaplain, titled Bailiff

  • Brennus, titled Bailiff

  • Donald, titled Bailiff


  • Walter de Huntercombe (1290-93), titled Custodian

  • List incomplete


The following were Governors of the Isle of Man:



  • Sir Thomas Gerrard (1595-1596)


  • Peter Legh (captain; 1596-?)

  • John Ireland


  • John Greenhalgh (1640–51)


  • William Christian (1656-?)


  • James Chaloner (1658-1660)[2]

  • Lord Fairfax (1660)[3]


  • Thomas Cobbe?


  • Isaac Barrow (1664-?)


  • Nicholas Stanley (1696-1701)


  • Charles Zedenno Stanley (1702-1703)


  • Robert Mawdesley (1703-1713)

  • Charles Zedenno Stanley (1713)


  • Alexander Horne (1713-1723)


  • John Lloyd (1723-1725)


  • Thomas Horton (1725-1736)


  • James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1736-1744)


  • Patrick Lindsay (1744-1751)


  • Basil Cochrane (1751-1761)


  • John Wood (1761-1777)


  • Edward Smith (1777-1793)


  • John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1793-1828)



References




  1. ^ http://www.tynwald.org.im/links/tls/TC/Documents/Governors%20and%20Deputy%20Governors%20to%201926.pdf


  2. ^ Publications of the Manx Society Volume 24 1877 "James Chaloner was appointed Governor in 1658, and continued so until 1660. Lord Fairfax held the Island until the Restoration, 28th May, 1660. The death of Oliver Cromwell, on the 3d September 1658, was a great blow to the Commonwealth ..."


  3. ^ The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, ... Page 103 Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 "In 1652, Parliament granted Lord Fairfax, his wife's cousin, the Isle of Man. On August 17, 1652, Chaloner was appointed one of the three commissioners to settle Fairfax's affairs on the island. Later, he wrote the Short Treatise of the... Wood says that in March or April, 1660, messengers were sent from the Superior Power to take James Chaloner into custody, and to secure his castle for the use of His Majesty; "but he having received timely notice of their coming, dispatched away himself by poison"



See also




  • Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man

  • King of Mann

  • Lord of Mann









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